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TIL That in 1997 the Taliban were in Texas to discuss the building of oil pipelines across Afghanistan

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WRX8 TIL that, through most of western history, larger-than-average penises were considered embarrassing and barbaric; the modern idea that ‘bigger is better’, beginning in the late 19th century, was a side effect of pornography
R7eJ8 TIL using Teflon and other non-stick cookware can kill birds. After new pans are heated for the first time, birds can die within a matter of hours.
D7lv TIL of a living 6000-year-old hollow tree in South Africa, which contains a wine cellar and bar that can hold up to 60 people
lpJa TIL Sony and other Japanese companies have banishment rooms where they transfer surplus employees and give them menial or useless tasks or even nothing to do until they become depressed or disheartened enough to quit on their own, thus not getting full benefits.
QJnQp TIL climacophilia mean that you have a fetish for falling down stairs