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TIL that Viagra increases ability to learn and remember, and lowers risk of stroke...

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ePn5 TIL that “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters were never used during wartime. The public didn’t actually see the design until a copy was found a few years ago in a second-hand bookshop in Northumberland.
7paP TIL in 2006 a man was able to buy $150 of groceries with a fake $200 bill. The front side had a picture of George Bush and the reverse a picture of the white house with various signs on the lawn, one sign said “WE LIKE BROCCOLI”.
rEoy TIL the last Great Auk (the extinct penguin of the Northern Hemisphere) seen in the UK was captured and tied up by 3 men. The men kept the bird alive until a large storm hit the area. Thinking the bird was a witch, they killed it.
LkbEV TIL of Perpetua, a 3rd century martyr, by attack of wild animals. In the midst of the attacks, she would fix her dress and her hair to preserve her dignity. She eventually died by guiding the sword of a shaky soldier to her own neck.
OGbDe TIL: India has its own Titanoboa – a prehistoric giant snake called Vasuki indicus!