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TIL that King Tut’s penis was mummified while erect

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0wPdj TIL of Pomato, a grafted plant that is part tomato and part potato. The resulting plant have cherry tomatoes on the vine and white potatoes in the soil, resulting in plants with double crops. Grafting can also boost natural resilience and improve biodiversity by supporting different pollinators!
XEn1j TIL Pepper Spray is best washed out by initial baby shampoo (mixture wjth water) and then continuous, long rinse with pure water. Milk has been shown to not be as effective. Just water is better than nothing.
4XpPN TIL Many scenes of 'Young Frankenstein' had to be re-shot, not because the actors were laughing and breaking character, but because the rest of the film crew were laughing so hard during filming, they ruined all the takes.
neywB TIL Robert Ross won a Nobel prize for his work on how to control epidemics
VMmwp TIL Ukrainian KGB directorate repeatedly reported to Moscow on systematic safety breaches during Chernobyl construction works between 1976 and 1979 and reported in 1984 on deficiencies in the third and fourth reactors