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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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VBJyk TIL New Orleans was the wealthiest city in the US during 1830-1840. By the 1860's, New Orleans had the 3rd largest port in the nation and was 2nd overall in per capita income in the US.
Y7DOv TIL most of the tools to crack games on game consoles such as the N64, Switch, Playstation, Xbox, etc., are in large part thanks to the efforts of a French engineer named Max Louarn. He spent 5 years from prison from 1994 to 1999 and is currently wanted for various crimes in the U.S.
EMB7 TIL the longest point in pro tennis history was a 643-shot rally that lasted for 29 minutes.
6955Z TIL: Multimillionaire Maria Assunta, upon her death left her entire fortune of $13 million, all of her properties such as villas, homes, and land to her cat Tommaso, making the cat one of the world's richest felines. Just a few years prior, Tommaso was a stray cat she found in the streets of Rome.
rVko TIL that the actor, who played Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, never starred in another film. Instead, he pursued a career as a veterinarian.