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TIL there is a monument in Russia dedicated to enema treatments.

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JYvZ8 TIL the moon appearing larger on the horizon is known as the Problem of Luna Mendex and is actually an illusion of the eye. The illusion can be broken by cupping your hand into a fist and looking through it at the 'large' horizon moon. It will immediately shrink in size.
lkl5 TIL that editors will often add fictitious words to dictionaries in order to “catch” others copying off them. Cartographers also do this.
D14QD TIL - WALL-E (the Pixar film,) is dedicated to Justin Wright. Justin was 12 when he had a heart transplant and his make-a-wish was to visit Pixar. He survived the transplant and later became an animator at Pixar. He died of a massive heart attack 3 months before its release.
xVpMw TIL - Humans are one of few mammals that don't have a penis bone.
MeONV TIL that Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) and Jerome Flynn (Bronn) used to be in a relationship, which ended so terribly that they refuse to be in the same room. Consequentially, Cersei and Bronn have actually never been in a single scene together in Game of Thrones.