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TIL There is a water park in Germany that has banned women from using an extreme water slide because it has caused genital injury to 6 women

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6kPw TIL that Tim Burton will be directing the live action remake of Disney’s ‘Dumbo’, Danny Devito has already signed on as the ringmaster.
8aplP TIL When Robin Williams auditioned for the role of Mork on 'Mork and Mindy', he was asked to take a seat. Williams responded by sitting on his head, upside down in the chair. He was hired on the spot because, 'He was the only alien to audition' for the part.
Bo1r TIL that in reference to the biblical figure, Onan, who was condemned for the sin of masturbation, noted satirist and wit Dorothy Parker alleges she also named her canary Onan “because he spilled his seed on the ground”.
6EwDW TIL that a 2012 study found 1,458 “new to science” bacteria species in our belly buttons. People’s bacterial profiles are unique, like fingerprints, and can be used in the same way. One person had a bacterium only ever found in Japanese soil," where he had never been.
wOJo TIL the real story of The Little Mermaid involves her getting her tail split into two, excruciating pain for every step she took as a human, not even getting to marrying the Prince but instead dissolving into sea foam and her spirit having to earn her soul back one good deed at a time