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TIL that the oldest penis graffiti/carvings was found on the limestone cliffs of a remote Greek island of Astypalaia. The graffiti also includes the phrase "Nikasitimos was here mounting Timiona."

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V9R4 TIL the “Wa” in Wario and Waluigi isn’t an upturned M, it’s a portmanteau of Mario and Luigi’s name and the Japanese adjective warui which means “bad”, literally translating to “bad Mario” or “bad Luigi”.
P150g TIL Weng Wenhao, the founder of modern Chinese geology and modern Chinese oil industry also served as President of China in 1948
VMg6Z TIL China is CCTV cameras are so sophisticated that they not only recognize faces, but also walking gait and travel patterns, and can lower credit or charge fines directly to a person’s bank account for misdemeanors or acts such as jaywalking
6kQW TIL the “d” and “t” sounds have same exact mouth and tongue positions, the only difference is you add voice to make the “d” sound.
JYRDv TIL that out of the 9 billion tons of plastic humans have created throughout history, half of it has been in the past 13 years