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TIL that men can actually be allergic to their own orgasms

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gjAW TIL that in order to popularize potatoes in France, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier placed armed guards around his potato fields, instructing the guards to accept all bribes and allow people to “steal” the crop.
Bj4e TIL that in 2015 someone did a shit so bad on a British Airway flight from Heathrow to Dubai that it had to turn around and land after just 30 minutes.
OoKma TIL Robert Healey spent $35.31 on a third party RI gubernatorial campaign & won 22% of the vote. Healey ran on the Cool Moose Party ticket for Governor in the 1990s & won 39% of the vote for lieutenant governor on a platform of abolishing the office.
K4jE TIL that in 2015, 1000 musicians played ‘learn to fly’ by foo fighters together in the town of Cesena, Italy in an effort to get the band to come to their town and play. The band responded and came to the town to play a 27-song-set, starting off with 'learn to fly’
l75RA TIL a self-service Bento shop in Japan live stream its store on YouTube in a way to deter theft