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

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p8dBp TIL In 2003, US Intelligence developed a set of playing cards featuring the most wanted members of Saddam Hussein’s regime. They were disturbed among troops to help them identify targets. As of 2018, all but 6 of the 52 most wanted have been either killed, or captured.
nWmJB TIL that there is a species of frog called the "purple frog" that spends most of its life underground and only emerges for a few days each year to breed during the monsoon season.
oRAnY TIL that Oscar nominee, Robert Forster, who played "The Disappearer" in both Breaking Bad and the Breaking Bad movie, "El Camino," died on the release date of El Camino.
4kg4o TIL that Firestar, the superhero that appeared in 'Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends' as Peter Parker's roommate, became infertile and got cancer from her powers.
v1Nn8 TIL that Françafrique is a term to criticise the alleged corrupt and clandestine activities of various Franco-African political, economic and military networks.