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TIL the human penis likely once had spines

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BaD TIL, upon the advent of wood [400mya], it took fungi 50mil yrs to evolve a way to decompose it. Until then, wood just piled up, never to decay. It is this single fact that led to the Carboniferous period [BBC doc.]
GQmG TIL Pope Francis was a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub before joining the priesthood.
KYL09 TIL There is a myth that the White Star Line stopped the wages of the Titanic’s crew when it sank on April 15th, which was in line with Board of Trade regulations. They actually paid their staff bonus wages covering what they would have earned had the journey been completed.
9YeyG TIL In Texas, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, it is legal to kill Bigfoot if you find it. It would be considered a non-protected nongame animal.
xV85w TIL if in 2001 you bought $399 in Apple stock instead of buying the original iPod, today that stock would be worth $65,000