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VMWrZ TIL there is a sexual orientation called "objectum sexuality" (OS) where individuals experience emotional, romantic, and/or sexual feelings towards inanimate objects. OS individuals also possess significantly higher rates of diagnosed autism and synaesthesia
69go7 TIL that humans have trained rats to sniff out land mines in Vietnam.
v67B TIL a man rode a jetski over the brink of the Niagra Falls to promote awareness for the homeless. His parachute did not open and he ended up promoting better parachutes. He plunged to his death and his body was never recovered. An Egyptian tourist captured a amazing image.
VMKY8 TIL of the battle flag of XXIII Corps of the Union Army of the Ohio. It was made entirely from the shredded remains of the battle flags of their defeated enemies.
rNpo0 TIL about Ippolito d’Este (born 1479), who was a wealthy member of the powerful House of Este. He was made a Catholic Cardinal when he was 14 years old, without ever becoming a priest. He was deeply connected to the Medici, Aragon, and Borgia families.