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TIL that India's largest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has nearly double the membership of the Chinese Communist Party.

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nBXY TIL when Nadia Comaneci got a perfect ten for the first time in Olympic history, the scoreboard read “1.00” because the scoreboard manufacturer was told not to add a fourth digit place because “a perfect ten is not possible”
R57PQ TIL there's Math Teacher posting Hardcore Calculus Math Lessons on Pornhub. Students even pay for some custom lessons.
n6LY TIL That polar bears have a bone inside their penis to keep an erection going, and that pollution is causing the bones to weaken to the point where the bones are breaking.
g1aW TIL that the average height of a Dutch man increased by almost 10 inches since 1856
rAae TIL that before the advent of modern street-lighting, city planners in some cities erected huge “moonlight towers” that illuminated large swaths of area, mimicking the light of the moon. Some of these remaining towers are celebrated as landmarks in Austin, TX.