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TIL there is a scientific term for post-nut clarity

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wWyo TIL that the very unmuscular Australian comedian Hamish Blake once won the heavyweight category in the Mr New York State bodybuilding competition after entering as a joke, as he was the only competitor heavy enough to qualify.
e0rWE TIL about Leonid "Tarzan" Fainberg, a Ukranian mobster, who attempted to purchase a Soviet diesel submarine for the Cali cocaine cartel. He also owned a strip club named Porky's.
l7v91 TIL of Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. Her research showed that children in the city of Flint, Michigan had elevated levels of lead in their blood due to the contaminated water supply
aRvJ TIL that the song “Barbie girl” by Aqua sparked a 5 year law suit between Mattel and the recording studio MCA Records, which the judge concluded with saying: “The parties are advised to chill.”
61m TIL Monks in northern Japan would practice self-mummification. A practice in which they would exercise rigorously to rid all body fat from their system, begin drinking a poisonous tea, and remain in a tiny tomb in the lotus position until confirmed dead. The process took over 3000 days.