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TIL Feminist actually help change the definition of rape to include men being victims of rape.

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4Xjao TIL that the powder you see when you touch a moth is actually tiny scales, like on a fish or lizard. These scales give butterflies and moths their scientific name Lepidoptera (from the Greek Lepido = scale, and ptera = wing).
Yp1od TIL February 11th is National Satisfied Staying Single Day, it was founded by Thomas & Ruth Roy. The couple has created about 80 "special days".
8Yn4 TIL that Dildo is a town in Newfoundland. They have an annual festival, Dildo Days, which is led by their mascot, Captain Dildo.
b6PJ9 TIL that David Lynch's homages to "The Wizard of Oz" in his films (like "Wild at Heart") were ways to echo his obsession: “There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think about ‘The Wizard of Oz,'" he said in 2001 at a New York Film Festival Q&A.
7raRP TIL that the 'Frisbee' was named so after a local pie company 'Frisbie Pies' sold many to students at the local college who used to finish the pie and throw the empty tray around for fun yelling 'Frisbee' in case anyone nearby was in danger of being hit.