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TIL HSV-1 causes up to about half of all new genital herpes cases despite most commonly causing oral herpes (cold sores)

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rROJd TIL Pork rectums are ample substitutes for calamari and some places serve it as "imitation calamari"
Vpg4 TIL Henry Ford created a car made almost entirely out of plastic. It weighed 30% less than standard cars, could withstand 10 times the damage and ran on ethanol instead of gas. The design never caught on.
VMPvm TIL Prehistoric Europeans made clay baby bottles in the shape of cute animals. These bottles have been found in the graves of infants, indicating an importance greater than simply function.
xrY0 TIL that Buddhist master Drukpa Kunley’s penis was known as the “Thunderbolt of Flaming Wisdom” because of its ability to spark enlightenment and drive away evil spirits. Women from all over the world visited him to receive his blessing.
0wZKN TIL in 2011 a Thai army helicopter crached in the jungle on its way to retrieve the bodies in a Thai army helicopter that crashed trying to retrieve the bodies of a first army helicopter crash - 17 killed