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TIL dick meant ‘a person of questionable character’ long before it was a slang word for the penis

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6lwJ TIL that in 2002, a Croatian diver got lost in an underwater cave and stabbed himself in the chest to avoid the agony of drowning. It was the first case of someone committing suicide while diving.
OGemg TIL that the Utroba Cave in Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria was made to resemble female genitalia, and the cave puts on a show with natural light to symbolize fertilization. Historians believe that it was once used as a fertility shrine.
rNXoo TIL about Orchidelirium: when people in the 1800s went absolutely bananas over orchids, sparking crazy plant heists and ruined fortunes
YGAP TIL the word “avocado” comes from the ancient Aztec word for “testicle,” and the word “guacamole” literally translates to “testicle sauce.”
1pr8 TIL in 1994, Howard Stern talked a caller out of jumping off the George Washington Bridge as a nation listened