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TIL that when womens’ nipples are stimulated during sex, the genital area of their sensory cortex is also activated, meaning that women really can orgasm from only nipple play

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P1AnJ TIL a potato chip called The Whole Shabang was made for American prisons. The chips, described as a combination of salt & vinegar and BBQ, were so popular among ex-inmates that a gray market sprung up to get them out of prisons. The manufacturer finally started selling them to the public in 2016.
R7m07 TIL Guillotine earrings were popular among the rich during France’s reign of terror
5V1dD TIL that Ken Allen aka "Hairy Houdini" escaped from his enclosures à la prison break multiple times; inciting his friends-orangutans to follow his lead. No surveillance, no undercover mission to try to catch him in the act, succeeded to fool Ken.
VL4m TIL bartenders in Utah must prepare drinks behind a curtain called a “Zion Curtain” to combat excessive drinking
9YVR6 TIL Al Capone's oldest brother, upon his fleeing New York after a fight in which he defended his younger brother Al, changed his name, served in WWI and later became a Prohibition officer who only learned of his brother's exploits by reading the newspaper.