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TIL Legendary Basketball Superstar Wilt Chamberlain claimed to had sex with over 20,000 women

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4kaZw TIL that when Kissinger publicly threatened "countermeasures" in a press conference, during the Oil Crisis, if the OAPEC embargo was not lifted, the Saudis responded with threatening further oil cuts and to burn their oil fields if the US military invaded.
BL1y TIL the town of Austin, Indiana has a higher incidence of HIV than any country in Africa.
epPQJ TIL that Saint Lucia is the only country in the world to be named after a woman.
aw1gL TIL during the 900 day siege of Leningrad by the Nazi's during WW2 (which caused unimaginable suffering and even cannibalism) the Russians built a railway into the city over a temporarily frozen lake. They transported food, medicine, fuel etc and evacuated children and the sick. The "Road of Life"
x6Log TIL that Könsrock (Swedish for “Genitalia rock”) is a Swedish punk subgenre focusing on toilet humor, handicapped people, diseases, and other taboo topics. The genre was pioneered by the band Onkel Kånkel and his Kånkelbär (“Uncle Dingle and his Dingleberries”).