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TIL that the tissue inside your nose that makes it feel stuffed when sick is actually the same erectile tissue in your genitals.

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9Y5OB TIL of Tell Abu Hureyra, oldest known farming site in the world.
wow7M TIL it's estimated that half of the current world population is alive because we are able to make nitrogen fertilizer at an industrial scale using the method developed by Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch.
oPKR TIL the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community collected 11,170 pints of blood (enough to help save 30,000 lives) in honour of the 9/11 victims.
YP9G TIL in 2000 Blockbuster had an opportunity to buy Netflix for $50 million.
16w1W TIL that Spain abolished and restored it's monarchy twice. First Abolition: 1873, First Restoration: 1874, Second Abolition: 1931, Second Restoration: 1975