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TIL that some Renaissance painters were fascinated by Jesus's penis

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7rD8M TIL the former US president has 7 species named after him in honor, and the current one has 1 primarily because of resemblance
vPydB TIL On average, the United States has only eight public toilets per 100,000 people
yVYAJ TIL that bird migration wasn’t proved until 1822. Before then, theories to explain their seasonal disappearance included hibernation and transforming into mice.
Y7ebd TIL the hair braid once worn by Chinese men wasn't Chinese in origin. The last Chinese dynasty, the Qing, was founded by the Manchus who conquered China & imposed their traditional hairstyle on all men. Non-compliance was punished with execution. The practice faded out after the dynasty fell in 1912
ZpX8B Today I learned, French automaker Citroën, sabotaged wartime Nazi truck production by moving the notch on the oil dipstick down. The engines would not have the correct amount of oil and prematurely fail.