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TIL that there is a myth in South Africa that raping a baby will cure AIDS

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D1Qap TIL of Alien hand syndrome where one of the hands starts acting seemingly of it's own violation - picking things, throwing or even attempting to strangulate the owner
QJ0o6 TIL there is a gag gift called "liquid ass" that smells so badly the US military uses it for hyper-realistic combat training for medics to experience corpses or individuals with severe abdominal injuries
wVLW TIL condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men.
N7V88 TIL NASA hires a chief sniffer to inspect the smell of every item before it enters space. The lack of ventilation means astronauts are stuck with the smells that are onboard with them.
AXOa TIL The Pillars of Creation, a nebula 7,000 light years away, was destroyed by supernova 6,000 years ago. In a thousand years we will see it destroyed as it takes 7,000 years for the light to reach Earth.