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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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w04o TIL I learned Penn Jillette from Penn & Teller has a patented “hot-tub with a jet specially angled for a woman’s pleasure” called Jill-Jet.
yVBEe TIL the first animation model for “VeggieTales” was of an anthropomorphic candy bar. The show’s creator, Phil Vischer, was then encouraged by his wife Lisa to promote healthier eating habits. Thus, Vischer began to design characters based on fruits and vegetables.
4XOG5 TIL the US and UK intentionally avoided the Geneva conventions to avoid accountability for the mistreatment of German POWs, instead designating them 'Disarmed Enemy Forces'. This lead to large, wired in enclosures with poor shelter and other necessities, and prohibited the Red Cross from intervening
OGex7 Today I learned that all planets are round because of gravitational forces.
pyep TIL that Myanmar changed from driving on the left to the right, on the advice of a wizard. In 1970.