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TIL In Sumerian mythology, the god Enki is believed to have created the Tigris and Euphrates rivers by masturbating and ejaculating into their empty riverbeds.

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0wNxv TIL that Adam Rainer was born a dwarf (measuring 4'8" at the age of nineteen) and died a giant (measuring 7'8'' at the age of fifty-one). He is the only person in history to have been classified as both.
epAE4 TIL that George Harrison visited his sister in a small U.S. town in 1963. At the time, he was famous in England, but unknown in the U.S.
GPQN TIL Sylvester Stallone’s mother is a psychic, specializing in rumpology, who reads butts.
8eyEV TIL there are 88 cities in Los Angeles County, California. Each city has a mayor and a city council.
6k77 TIL in 1988 a one-eyed pilot landed a Boeing 737 on a narrow grass levee after dual engine failure. No one was seriously injured. The plane was repaired at the site of the landing, and remained in service until December, 2016.