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TIL that people paint penises outside houses and buildings in Bhutan to ward off evil and good luck.

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R5bva TIL that the Backstreet Boys have never had a number 1 hit single in the United States
mmJv TIL: There’s a lizard whose mating behavior follows a Rock-Paper-Scissors evolutionary strategy. Males have 1 of 3 throat colors where orange beats blue, blue beats yellow, and yellow beats orange. For 4-5 years, one strategy dominates, after which the strategy that exploits its weakness takes over.
W7QrX TIL Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand were in freshman choir together at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, NY.
DQO9j TIL that in 2001, the NASA spacecraft Odyssey detected vast amounts of water ice just below the surface of Mars. This discovery revolutionized the search for extraterrestrial life and made Mars one of the most promising candidates for future human colonization.
6E60W TIL that more people die in the desert due to drowning than due to the heat. This is because people do not prepare for flash floods, which can be very extreme in the desert.