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TIL getting a boner when climbing Everest is common thanks to the change in pressure

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4XoM6 TIL that many female workers at Ravensbrück concentration were forced to produce army uniforms for the Nazis. They deliberately sabotaged them. An example of this is that they made the heels of socks too narrow or defective. This gave soldiers painful blisters on their feet.
rNave TIL that a 10 meter microwave telescope has been operating at the South Pole since 2007
xZ17 TIL Chicago illegally shortened their yellow lights by .1 second, which increased their ticket revenue $8 million over 6 months
1748 TIL that in order to capture footage of tigers hunting in the wild, instead of using a human camera crew, the BBC gave cameras to a team of elephants and trained them to operate the film equipment.
DJJP TIL in 2014, a new species of vine was discovered in Chile that can mimic the leaves of many different host trees. It can change the size, shape, color, orientation, and even the vein patterns of its leaves to match the surrounding foliage. It’s the only known plant that can do this.