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TIL there is a creature called a bearcat, and it smells like popcorn

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PYLwJ TIL On Luther's first visit to Rome as a monk he witnessed pedophilia in the church, saying "I am not lying...they decided that a cardinal should not keep as many boys...Pope Leo commanded that this be deleted" Depressed and angry, he nailed his 95 theses 6 years later.
oBpYW TIL That in some countries such as Greece, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Albania and Sicily, nodding your head means "no" or refusal of something, instead of the common meaning of approval.
1jE4 TIL of the Coolidge Effect: where the window after intercourse when a male can’t have sex again is removed if the male is given the chance to have sex with a new partner.
GAgQ4 TIL Shaquille O’Neal is a dubstep dj that goes by the name DJ Diesel
XE6jX TIL that Inventor Lewis Latimer, not only made Thomas Edison's Light Bulb more efficient & practical, he invented an Apparatus for Cooling & Disinfecting, making rooms more sanitary & climate-controlled. He also improved the design of elevators & co-invented (1874) a toilet for train cars.