› added 11 years ago

190

TIL That some women can have orgasms every 30 seconds for 6 to 8 hours a day. (Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome)

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

KP4w TIL By paying a fee of $300 you could officially and legally avoid the civil war draft. You could also find a substitute to fight in your place, a tactic the rich often used to avoid being enlisted. To encourage recruits to join, even Abraham Lincoln paid a man $500 to enlist on his behalf.
XPQE TIL when the U.S. government suppressed Native religions to convert them to Christianity, some called it “making apples”, as the Indians would still appear ‘red’ on the outside, but would be made 'white’ on the inside.
QJp7L TIL Pakistan's biggest company is its Army - which sells everything from cereal boxes to marriage venues
4kmvN TIL That a "census-designated place" called "Rough and Ready" (named after Zachary Taylor) in Nevada County, California declared secession from the United States in 1850 (During the California Gold Rush) to avoid mining taxes. It voted to rejoin the union 3 months later on July 4th.
rNm0o TIL some old Mongolian names are deliberately 'disparaging' to fool bad spirits/diseases into believing a child has already been afflicted. e.g. Sorqaqtani, "Pox girl". Others express frustration, e.g. "Oghul-qaimish", 'next time a boy'.