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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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oGyK TIL there was a pilot made for a MAS*H spin off, where Radar moved from Iowa to St. Louis and became a cop
9g4Q TIL of King Psamtik I, who conducted the first recorded experiment in psychology. He sought to prove that the innate language was Egyptian. He sent two infants to live secluded in care w/out ever hearing words. The conclusion: Phrygian. One babys first word was “becos,” Phrygia’s word for bread.
M75RK TIL that the Oxford English Dictionary project was expected to take about a decade, but the first edition took around 70 years to complete
GNXJ TIL-Astronauts from the Gemini and Apollo missions used a condom like device to extract urine. The sizes were small, medium and large. Instead of these terms, Astronauts preferred to use “extra large, immense, and unbelievable”.
e0rZb TIL homosexuality has been legal in Turkey since 1858