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TIL in 1750, Frederick II, the Great, King of Prussia, sent to his secretary, Claude Étienne Darget, a letter in which he wrote: “My hemorrhoids affectionately greet your cock”

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R77XQ Wearing high heel shoes, even when not moving “can alter the resting length of the muscles and tendons around the ankle,” which could destabilize the joint and increase the risk of injury.
8aYZX TIL a group is digitally archiving old cassette and VHS tapes ranging back to the early 90's. The contents of the recordings include everything from yoga workouts, DIY tutorials on installing vinyl flooring or training a dog, self help books, and TV recordings like a Bjork interview and TRL episodes
6Ey9m TIL There’s a newly discovered Pygmy Seahorse Species called Hippocampus Nalu—nalu referring to “here it is” since it was known to locals prior to its scientific discovery
oBpDY TIL that Maldivian is written using a unique alphabet which uses Arabic numerals as its first nine consonants, and Indic numerals for the following nine. The script may have been invented as a secret code before being adopted for more general use.
X0k98 TIL that Tucker Carlson used to work at CNN