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Today I learned that in America you have to pay for the ambulance in some situations

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QJDRe TIL Elephants can control their dick like a second trunk. As a result of this, collecting semen from an elephant by way of penile stimulation is dangerous, as one swing of that thing can knock a man clear off his feet. Therefore, the prostate must be stimulated instead through vigorous anal fisting.
wGr6 TIL that “You can’t eat your cake and have it, too” is the correct form of the proverb, because its order is what illustrates the impossibility. The Unabomber got the order correct in both his manifesto & private writing & this was 1 of the linguistic anachronisms that helped the FBI identify him
gGMA TIL of Jesse Rae, a Scottish funk musician who dresses as a Scottish Centurion, and whose career ended largely due to his mistrust of the English.
VB6Vk TIL : a group of doctors studied 75 specific causes of death between woman and men. Men are more likely to die in virtually every single scenario whether sickness, violence, accidents etc than woman.
VBMOG TIL Macedonia changed its name to North Macedonia in 2019