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(TIL) today I learned about Hypersexuality, a presumed mental disorder that causes unwanted or excessive sexual arousal, causing people to engage in or think about sexual activity to a point of distress or impairment.

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p8xbG TIL Sumo has a sort of caste system- wrestlers typically live together and higher ranked earn far more money, and are treated akin to royalty, while lower ranked wake up earlier to make the food, earn far less money, and even have to bathe the higher ranked
OGP57 til E. E. Cummings preferred capitalizing his name. "e. e. cummings" was popularized by his publishers, to reflect his odd style. After his death, one critic claimed the author legally de-capitalized his name, but Cummings' wife said this was an utter lie. Still, the tradition stuck around.
QJjd TIL In 2001,A man was supposed to have titanium rods installed in his back, during surgery Doctor’s found out that a rods were missing,prompting them to implant a screwdriver instead. The screwdriver snapped a few days later. It was later known that the doctor had his license suspended in 2 states.
gMbB8 TIL that grain dust can cause explosions.
lZm7 TIL the Des Moines Register printed pictures of the 168 victims of the Oklahoma City bombing on its front page the day Timothy McVeigh was executed and didn’t name him.