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TIL The word “Scumbag” means condom.

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ADPLg TIL Astronauts have a device called a Valsalva installed into their helmet to allow them to block their noses so they can equalize the pressure in their ears (the valsalca manoeuvre)
7eXM TIL that General Patton had a years long affair with his niece starting when she was 17 and continuing on through WWII
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LGKZ TIL male dolphins have been known to masturbate by wrapping a live eel around their penis