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TIL testicles have a reflex to move away from harm.

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YPor TIL There was a massive residential scheme that failed in Florida leaving a massive system of canals and barren roads that you can easily see in Google Maps that is now called Picayune Strand State Forest.
RbR8 TIL that the terms “white meat” and “dark meat” come from the Victorian era when people were too embarrassed to use the words “leg” and “breast”
ovm8 TIL The Philadelphia Police Department fired over 10,000 rounds and dropped a bomb on a house in West Philly on May 13, 1985. The bomb caught fire and burned down 65 homes, anyone attempting to escape the fire was shot at by police. 6 adults and 5 children were killed, only 2 people survived.
dDg4Z TIL Disney moved to LA over Ne York because his brother was recovering from tuberculosis there
PYELn TIL that Fema sometimes measures disasters impact using a thing called the waffle house index. This is because there are so many of them and they have the unique ability to operate completely off gas for power/heat/cook. So if the waffle house is closed then its tantamount to complete disaster!