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TIL the full anatomy of the clitoris wasn't mapped until 1998

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x61Og TIL Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, the progenitor to the Dupont family, one of the wealthiest of 19th and 20th-century USA, influenced Adam Smith's views on the economy, helped organize Poland–Lithuania's educational system, and was the originator of the idea that became the Louisiana Purchase.
XE1nR TIL that diamond, despite being the hardest material known, will shatter if hit with a hammer. Hardness means resistance to scratching; toughness is a different property.
l78mV TIL the very first assembly of photographs in sequential order to create a motion picture was a two-second clip of a black man on a horse.
wodk8 TIL there is a species of seaweed that can reduce a cow's methane production by 99%
G8NG TIL that before becoming an actor, Jason Statham competed in the 1990 Commonwealth Games in diving, and also sold fake jewelry to make ends meet early in his modelling career.