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TIL in an unusual case of atavism, there is only one recorded case in medical literature of a congenital os penis AKA baculum. The baculum is otherwise absent from humans (where erection is achieved and sustained through blood pressure) though it is present in the other great apes.

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oBKAE TIL that when Bruce Springsteen was 19, he dodged his army draft by behaving "crazily" during the induction and not writing anything in tests. He later went on to write the song "Born in the USA" which was the singer’s reflection on the plight of American veterans returning home from Vietnam.
b665N TIL a study found that playing World of Warcraft for 14 hours over the course of two weeks may boost cognitive ability among seniors between 60 and 77 years old.
4XPx6 TIL that David Hume, at a dinner party, once openly questioned whether anyone could truly be an atheist. His host, the Baron d'Holbach, revealed that Hume was sitting at a table with seventeen atheists.
4EPo TIL: While fighting in WWI, British soldier Henry Tandley spared the life of a wounded German soldier. The wounded German soldier ended up being Austrian corporal Adolf Hitler.
KOZw9 TIL hummingbirds consume between 3.14 - 7.6 calories per day and a human with similar metabolism would consume about 155,000 calories in a day.