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TIL Peace Corps Now Allow Same-Sex Couples To Serve Openly

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7rQ07 TIL cockroach infestations can be so bad that the house needs to be burned to the ground surrounded by a ring of fire to prevent any of the little demons from escaping.
nWB7 TIL Mount Everest may be the tallest mountain in the world, but Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is the furthest away from the centre of the earth
9wbVB TIL the term "fragging" originated during the highly unpopular Vietnam War, when U.S. soldiers would kill a fellow soldier, usually a superior, using a fragmentation grenade to make it look accidental.
nepOW TIL that much of the "small-penis porn" subgenre features guys who are actually about average size, or even bigger.
KK4E TIL Lego has no military related sets because the inventor’s policy was to not want to make war seem like child’s play