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TIL the reason ancient Greek and Roman male statues wave such small willies, is because having a big penis was associated with stupidity, indecency, and being easily tempted. But having a small junk was associated with wisdom, willpower and rationalism.

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PQbO TIL that the word “Jay” used to mean stupid, and was eventually applied to country folk, who were seen as unworldly. When these country folk, or Jays, came to the city, they didn’t understand traffic signals and crosswalks and crossed wherever and whenever they could. Thus, they were “jaywalking.”
DBdJ TIL A man’s beard will grow faster when he is anticipating sex.
76GM TIL that that guy from Primitive Technology is based in far north Queensland, Australia, he worries about snakes (land of nope) and he stays silent to focus on the action ‘in favor of pure demonstration’.
e0pBb TIL the CIA planned to kick the British off of the Falklands, send them to Scotland, and give the islands to Argentina.
l7Xp7 TIL that generations of incest turned members of the Fugate family blue. They lived in eastern Kentucky’s Troublesome Creekand their peculiar skin color was caused by a metabolic condition affecting hemoglobin.