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TIL Oral sex linked to Bacterial Vaginosis.

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5VJgP TIL there is a muscle in the forearm called the "pulmaris longus", which is missing in 2.5 to 26% of the population. It can be seen when flexing the wrist, then touching the pads of the thumb and little finger together.
D1Alp TIL when James Cameron was an unknown director, he sold the rights to "The Terminator" for $1 so that he would be allow to direct the movie.
Oo5x4 TIL the oldest living animals are black corals over 4,000 years old, nearly as old as the pyramids of Egypt
DQnkg Today I Learned that even though chilies and peppers aren't related, chilies are often called "chili peppers" because of an historical error caused by Christopher Columbus mistakenly linking the "spiciness" and "heat" of native Latin American chilies to Indian pepper.
ADN4d TIL the writer Julie Birchill wrote of suicide that it's "nice for young men finally to find something that they’re better at than girls". Her own son later took his own life