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TIL that the average flacid penis is 3.6 inches and 5.2 inches for an erect penis.

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rXg0 TIL the orange colour of the carrot was result of Dutch cultivation in the 17th Century, when patriotic growers turned a vegetable which was then purple into the colour of the national flag
E1VAx TIL that weaver ants (Oecophylla) direct their larvae to produce silk, which is used to bind leaves together to form water resistant nests for the colony.
d8Vgr TIL nearly every major vehicle in the British Army is equipped with a boiling vessel (to make tea). This tradition started with tanks near the end of WWII. It was safer than the improvised cans filled with fuel, and it reduced break time.
4ke46 TIL box jellyfish (class Cubozoa) have actual eyes, with lenses and corneas.
16peW TIL about Viganella, the Italian Village that Brought the Sun Down to the Valley