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TIL that the word “oxymoron” is an oxymoron itself. In Greek, it translates to “sharp dull”.

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vboR TIL the oldest running car, built in 1884, sold in 2011 for $4.6 million. “La Marquise” - top speed: 38 mph (61 km/h) - runs on coal, wood, and bits of paper, taking 30–40 minutes to build up enough steam to drive.
xe7o TIL last year we found 1,458 new species of bacteria living in the bellybutton, everyone’s bellybutton ecology is unique like a fingerprint, and one volunteer’s belly button harbored bacteria that had previously been found only in soil from Japan, where he had never been.
DD6v TIL that in 1948 a DC radio station asked ambassadors what they’d like for Christmas. The French ambassador said “world peace”, the Russian said “freedom from the enslavement of imperialism”, and the Brit said “Well, it’s very kind of you to ask. I’d quite like a box of crystallised fruit.”
BroyW TIL Your dick can get stuck during intercourse: a condition called "Penis Captivus".
xV1P7 TIL President Lyndon Johnson suspected Presidential Candidate Richard Nixon of treason and had his communications monitored.