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TIL that the Netherlands voted “Swaffelen” as their word of the year in 2008. It means to repeatedly smack one’s penis against someone or something.

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neNVW TIL that Neil deGrasse Tyson sent James Cameron a snarky email saying that, at that time of year, in that position in the Atlantic in 1912, when Rose is lying on the piece of driftwood and staring up at the stars, that is not the star field she would have seen.
b6B9Z TIL: Being wealthy makes you much more likely to get to play college sports. Students from families in the highest 20% of income have nearly 3x better chances of getting to play college sports than do students from families in the bottom 20% of income.
gMyWA TIL Laika the Space Dog did not live for many days in space, but instead died in a panic shortly after launch.
BKMx TIL that in Islam, the woman has a “right to orgasm”- The Q'ran states: “If he attains his pleasure before her then he shouldn’t hurry her away until she also attains her pleasure.”
V0Op TIL A 15-year-old liver transplant patient is the first person in the world to take on the immune system and blood type of her donor.