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TIL that the belief that penis size varies according to race is not supported by scientific evidence.

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LkOod TIL a possible origin of the name Cerberus (the multi-headed dog of the Greek god Hades) is the Proto-Indo-European word k̑érberos, meaning "spotted". Hades' dog might have literally been named "Spot".
b1eE TIL An American Airforce Sergeant found a dead General while he was on his way to work at area 25, a nuclear test area in Nevada. It turns out the General had ejected while flying a captured Russian Mig at Mach 2. The force of the air at that speed instantly snapped his neck and killed him.
PkMg TIL the name of the first Porsche 911 was actually the Porsche 901. It was changed to 911 after Peugeot protested that they had exclusive rights to car names that consisted of 3 numbers with the middle number being a zero.
XEN8k TIL Bob Barker is still alive (99 years old!) and in 2015 was brought out as the host of The Price is Right, a job he handed over to Drew Carey in 2007, as a part of their April's Fool's episode
DQnEP TIL of the Polavaram Project, a very large Earth-Cum-Rock fill dam that is nearly ready to begin construction in India