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TIL that in Denmark, Norway, and the Faroe Islands there was a tradition for girls to give their man a knitted “testicles mitten” to see if he was ready for marriage.

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8abvK TIL that the font GILL SANS was created by and named after Eric Gill, a famous British designer who admitted to sexually abusing his daughters, sisters, and a dog.
bxpa TIL of Fatal Familial Insomnia, a very rare and incurable disease which destroys the patient’s ability to sleep. At the time of death some victims have been sleep-deprived for up to six months.
E1pXW TIL in 2016 hunters found a mountain lion with an extra set of teeth and whiskers on the side of its head
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