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TIL one out of a million Germans die of masturbation

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X04MQ TIL That in the movie Clueless, Josh is Cher's step-brother
awBBZ TIL Douglas Tompkins, founder of The North Face Company, purchased and conserved over 2 million acres of land in Chile and Argentina, becoming one of world’s largest private land owners
GXpG TIL Voltaire never said “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
M7J1B TIL that there is an impact crater over 25 miles in diameter buried beneath Chesapeake Bay which was revealed in 1993 from oil drilling data, and that prior to impact many, many moons ago, Richmond, VA was covered in thick tropical rainforest
0wbJj TIL - the queen piece in chess used to only move one square at a time. Later on, this was changed to the movement we know today thanks to the 15th century Queen Isabella of Spain.