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TIL many 18th & 19th century accounts of sea serpent/monster sightings can be attributed to the prehensile whale penis.

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1aJ5V TIL in the final stages of hypothermia, humans exhibit two strange behaviors; paradoxical undressing, in which a person will remove all their clothes despite being dangerously close to death, and a completely autonomous, instinctual burrowing behavior.
E15Go TIL of Texas German, a distinct German dialect spoken in Central Texas.
VGX4 TIL King James II banned golf and football because his archers spent so much time playing they started to suck at archery.
X0MbE TIL Star Trek and Cheers were filmed next to each other at Paramount which led to many Cheers actors appearing in Star Trek and vice versa.
KYblJ TIL About "The War Between the Smiths", a Marine Corp general relieving an Army counterpart during the Battle of Saipan. Leading to inter-service rivalry still seen today.