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TIL that trouser zippers are the leading cause of penile injury, with approximately 2000 males seeking treatment for zipper related genital injuries in USA emergency departments each year.

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xZVg TIL: There’s an island called Monkey Island off the coast of Puerto Rico, where the monkeys naturally have Herpes B, which can kill humans. So the first rule of Monkey Island is “don’t get peed on”.
nPO7 TIL Ontario Canada has a law that states an apology is not an admission of guilt
Em6d TIL rats who were trained to press a lever for their food would stop pressing the lever once they saw that it would electrically shock other another rat
YyGP TIL that Samuel Caldwell was the first person in America to be arrested for selling marijuana. Arrested in 1937 for selling two joints, he was sentenced to a $1000 fine and four years of hard labor. This happened in one of the only places in America where pot is legal today, Denver Colorado.
kJedd TIL that record producer Paul A. Rothchild, who produced the Doors' first five albums, left during the production of their 1971 album "L.A. Woman" after disliking "Love Her Madly,” calling it “cocktail music.” This gave the band total freedom, and today, the album is hailed as one of their greatest.