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TIL: The National Institute of Health timed men ejaculating using a stopwatch to study premature ejaculation. They found the average to be 7minutes, but the range was 1 minute to an hour. The treatments suggested were using specific techniques, medication such as SSRIs, and sex therapy.

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oBO7K TIL about the World's Littlest Skycraper, a building for which investors were given a blueprint measured in inches rather than feet. The promoter then ran off with the money after a building 12 times too small was constructed.
78gl7 TIL that the fez was nearly universal as men’s headwear in the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s. However, the hats were largely made in the Austrian Empire. When Austria annexed Bosnia in 1908, the Ottomans boycotted Austrian goods in protest. The fez’s popularity started to fade.
loe5G TIL that there is a remote, Alpine village in Austria with a population of just over 1,000 which has its own underground/metro line. It’s just 1.3 km long, has 4 stations and connects a parking lot with some ski lifts located at the opposite ends of the village.
xVkvg TIL because of laws passed in the 1970's to stop dishonest seed sellers in the UK and EU, thousands of historical plant varieties have been lost since only approved varieties are allowed to be sold.
4kMOR TIL two families escaped East Germany in a home made hot air balloon