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TIL The clitoris is the only organ in the body designed purely for pleasure. It has 8000 nerve fibres, double that of the penis.

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4kNaN TIL that yawning is linked to empathy among primates, and that even fish and birds can yawn.
5YAMr TIL of the Tulsa Center of the Universe. An acoustic anomaly located in Oklahoma. When one stands in the center of the circle and makes a noise, that noise is echoed back several times louder than it was made, but no one standing outside the circle can hear a thing.
VMgWZ TIL the 'Destroying Angel' mushroom, if consumed, creates an unusual sensation called a 'walking ghost' phase, where the victim doesn't feel sick, but damage to their cells is irreversible and they almost certainly die
5YY4p Either way, both are gross.
OJ9e TIL breathing the air in Beijing is equal to smoking 21 cigarettes a day in health effects.