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dDY7j TIL that the scientific name for the genus of gorillas is Gorilla. The species western gorilla is named Gorilla gorilla. The subspecies western lowland gorilla is named Gorilla gorilla gorilla.
ANN0n TIL of the 1967 novel "Bear", a Canadian novel about a women who has a sexual relationship with a bear. It sold a million copies.
5YY4p Either way, both are gross.
YKLB TIL “blowjob” used to be “Below job” in Victorian England, but got shortened to “Blow job” over time
n9VY TIL that many words used to be spelled phonetically (e.g. debt was ‘det’) until some scholars purposely added silent letters to make them look more like Greek or Latin words, sometimes erroneously.