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

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Q8yd TIL There is no road connecting North and South America
jp7X TIL there’s an island off the coast of Australia where trained Maremma sheepdogs protect a colony of penguins from wild foxes; the first dog used kept the colony from being wiped out.
8a9rX TIL that there is an exclusive Antarctic group of scientists called the Club 300. To be a member, they would soak in a 200°F sauna, then run outside naked in -100°F temperatures. The goal is to experience a 300 degree temperature swing, and see how long they can run around the Ceremonial South Pole.
N7dnM TIL that Mozart transcribed a piece of sacred music from the Vatican after hearing it performed twice, creating the only copy outside Rome.
VMkm4 TIL that Nobuo Fujita, the Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during World War II returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret