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TIL Water flow and electricity are analogous to each other. Voltage = water pressure, Amperage = flow rate of water

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xVoOb TIL of Sada Abe, a Japanese prostitute who killed her lover after erotically asphyxiating him repeatedly, cut off his penis and testicles, committed necrophilia with his severed penis, went to jail, wrote a book, became an actor, and eventually joined a nunnery, among other things. [NSFW]
MAv0 TIL Author Philip K. Dick was rebuild by his fans in the form of a RC android designed in his likeness. The android took part in a discussion panel in a San Diego Comic Con presentation. In 2006, an Airline employee lost the android’s head, and it has not yet been found.
1BNO TIL a male tiger almost always win in a fight against a male lion because it is bigger, has longer fangs, better muscle density, more agile, more powerful bite force and can stand on its powerful hindlegs allowing for both-paws swipe while the lion cannot.
w9NW TIL when puppies play, young boy dogs often let the girls win, so as to entice the females to play with them.
bMw9 TIL in Star Wars: Episode III, Ewan McGregorand Hayden Christensen (Obi-Wan & Anakin) practiced their duel so much and so long that as a result, the speed that Obi-Wan & Anakin duel (in the completed film) is at the actual speed it was filmed. The scene is better known as “The Duel on Mustafar”