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

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wkYW TIL that a usually reserved Mr. Rogers found Eddie Murphy’s parody of Mister Rogers Neighborhood, titled Mister Robinson’s Neighborhood, both hilarious and touching.
8eawL TIL that before respirators were invented, firefighters were required to grow a full beard. Before a fire, firefighters would soak their beards in water and clamped it in their teeth to act as filters, which would block the larger ashes.
j6YMN TIL that in 2014, Civil War soldier Alonzo Cushing was awarded the Medal of Honor. Commanding an artillery battery against Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, Cushing was disemboweled by a shell fragment. Holding in his intestines, Cushing continued giving orders until he was shot in the head. He was 22
VMQx4 TIL that the words Shit, Science, Ski and Schizophrenia (along with many more) all come from the same Proto-Indo-European root - *skey - which means "to split"
dDmR7 TIL there are two "4K" resolutions: 3840x2160 and 4096x2160