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6ENx7 TIL that there is a Newspaper Prop that has been used in different movies for over 50 years
0dY6A TIL McDonald’s buys around $1.9bn in ground beef every year, that’s 7 million cows, divide that by 365 and you have about roughly 19,200 cows every day for ground beef
W7GZY TIL in Qigong theory, sexual excitement is believed to redirect energy from many pathways to the sexual organs, with ejaculation expelling it completely, leading to masturbation being seen as "energy suicide". A related Chinese proverb states, "a drop of semen equals ten drops of blood".
xVZL7 TIL that Camus could have been a professional goalkeeper, but he got diagnosed with tuberculosis and had to switch career, also his Mom was deaf
gZr8 TIL that a 4-year-old child was shipped through the United States parcel service for $0.53 in 1914.