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TIL the female equivalent to the word “phallic” is “yonic.”

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Z8JgB TIL at age 11 Hugh Jackman decided against dance lessons because his older brother told him "dancing is for sissy's." Years later his brother apologized and encouraged him to follow his passion. Hugh signed up for lessons the following day and went on to win a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
KYjoG TIL John D. Rockefeller's father, William Rockefeller, was a literal con artist. He erroneously claimed to be a "botanic physician" and peddled "miracle" elixirs.
a89Y0 TIL A man was awarded $7 million in damages after he developed a lung condition from eating two bags of popcorn every day and inhaling the steam from the bag
b9Q64 TIL Held every two years, the Pyongyang International Film Festival offers North Koreans their only chance to see foreign films on the big screen. Those who don't have the means to go to the theatre tune into the Mansudae TV channel, which shows mostly Chinese and Eastern European films on weekends
xK00 TIL that the 1946 ‘Adventures of Superman’ radio show revealed the 'secret’ codes and rituals of the KKK, making it a laughingstock and drying up Klan recruitment almost overnight