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TIL: The Icelandic Phallological Museum holds the worlds largest display of penises and penile parts, including the tip of a Blue Whale penis weighing 150lbs, dubbed “a real Moby Dick”.

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YpZwA TIL of Fan Death, a popular superstition in South Korea believing that sleeping in a closed room with an electric fan can cause death. Despite no evidence of death, it is believed the South Korean government created this myth to lessen energy consumption during the 1970 energy crisis
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