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TIL the managing editor of Huffington Post Canada shoved vodka-soaked tampons up her vagina to kill the urban legend only to be greeted by a comment telling her she used the wrong hole, nullifying her findings

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ON8X TIL The U.S. had 500,000 Purple Hearts manufactured in anticipation of the invasion of Japan. In 2003, there were still 120,000 of these medals in stock.
4kDWN TIL the NY Times Square ball is: 12 feet in diameter, weighs nearly 12,000 pounds, is covered with 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles, is lit by 32,256 LED lights, and can display billions of colors and patterns
GYr5J TIL in July 1999, four ladybugs and their favorite food, aphids, were sent into space on NASA's Columbia shuttle to research how aphids escaped the ladybugs without the aid of gravity.
Nkwe TIL Morality predates religions and is exhibited by higher animals.
pYE9e TIL Bees and flowers are both electrically charged which allows a bee to detect which flower still has nectar