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TIL Ancient Romans used flying penis amulets to protect them and their children from illness

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pY6lp TIL I learned that Duke Kahanamoku was not just a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming, as an Olympic Champion but was also a descendant of Hawaiian royalty
d9QE TIL US continues to violate U.N. Convention Against Torture signed 20 years ago
Y7vGZ TIL that killer whales are part of the oceanic dolphins family Delphinidae, which is part of the toothed whale sub-order Odontoceti. Basically, orcas are dolphins and dolphins are whales.
E1l1x TIL in 2002 a midwestern college student attempted to create a "smile" across America with pipe bombs in mailboxes. He was committed to an FBI psych hospital where he remains to this day.
4kZng TIL that Rubberducking is a technique used by programmers to help find errors in their code. Explaining their code to a duck or any other inanimate object out loud can help them spot issues as they talk it through.