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TIL a man once required surgery for what doctors call “penile fracture” after “running across the room and trying to penetrate his wife with a flying leap.”

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epQ1L TIL that in just 10 hours of observations across seven different nights, the Vera Rubin observatory discovered 2,104 brand-new asteroids in the Solar System.
4DAX TIL Singapore is the only country in the history of the modern world to gain independence against its own will.
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98pD TIL In the 1960s, the big tubs of Green Army Men toys used to come with Japanese soldiers that were made out of yellow plastic.