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TIL that mothers are more likely to abuse their children.

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neNP TIL in the UK in 2009, a leaflet was issued by the National Health Service in Sheffield carrying the slogan, “an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away”.
b9wr0 TIL about a Korean folktale called The Farting Daughter-in-law or Banggwijaengi myeoneuri. It's about a woman who destroys her husband's house with one of her destructive farts which causes his family to throw her out. They take her back after she knocks fruit off a tree with her farts.
a8rgy TIL about CSD500 condoms, which enhance erection firmness and men report feel better than no condom at all, but are only available in a very select few countries.
epDVL TIL about lipograms: written work in which a particular letter is intentionally omitted. Ernest Wright wrote his 1939 novel Gadsby without the letter "e," and his book was 50,000 words long.
ZpkVa TIL Humans are tallest in the morning before the effects of gravity and compression of the spine occur throughout the day.