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TIL that there is a condition nicknamed Stone man syndrome that converts damaged tissue to bone in the body.

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r0RW TIL in response to rising chlamydia rates in Norway, a sex education charity hired a 19-yo student to wear a giant penis costume and squirt people with golden confetti - “If I can do a good thing for others, just by being a dick, there is nothing better…”
0wEER TIL Bacchus Ladies are elderly female prostitutes in South Korea. They traditionally sold 'Bacchus' drinks, but the term is now synonymous with elderly prostitution. Ladies (mainly in 60s and 70s) solicit men in public parks. Most earn around $168 to $252 a month.
BrAGW TIL Disney abandoned plans for a park in Virginia. Opposition groups complained it would cause suburban sprawl, create "fast food strips" and invite malls. Today the area is a suburb of million-dollar golf course homes, a mall, and a strips of fast food stores.
l6nK TIL there’s a bar in Ireland that was opened in 900AD
wJ7Y TIL the Internet movie database (launched in October 17, 1990) was launched before the World Wide Web (December 1990).