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TIL that in Japan, there is an annual Penis Festival called "Kanamara Matsuri"

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E1lvw TIL about the 1916 Black Tom island explosion, one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions ever. The explosion of 2 million pounds of ammunition and 100K pounds of TNT damaged the nearby Statue of Liberty and was felt in Philadelphia and Maryland. German saboteurs were the likely culprits.
1aRmV Til of Babani Sissoko, who used black magic to con the Islamic Dubai Bank of more than $240m. He served half of his 43 day sentence and paid fines ($1.25m) with the money defrauded from the bank
OnZ1 TIL Scotch tape lets you see through frosted glass
Ypj97 TIL There’s over a dozen species of kangaroo that live in trees.
6EwX8 TIL that people scored higher in a mental agility test while wearing a lab coat that they believed was a doctor's coat. The effect was not there when they believed the same white coat was a painter's coat. The study showed that we embody associations we have with particular clothes.