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TIL that “liver disturber” was 19th century slang for a large wang

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neDpW TIL corpses are used as navigation and landmarks on Mount Everest
QNae TIL Liam Neeson often gets mistaken for Ralph Fiennes, and has even signed autographs in Fiennes’ name
P1ZnE TIL strength training also involves the nervous system, where your strength is not only determined by how big your muscles are, but by how well the nervous system can recruit muscles, synchronize their firing, and prevent mechanisms designed to prevent your body from tearing itself apart.
9wn7 TIL that Grace Kelly became close friends with dancer Josephine Baker after Kelly stormed out of a nightclub in NYC that Baker was denied entry because she was black.
loYeG TIL an ad had children looking at the ad see a photo of an abused boy, a help hotline and the message “if somebody hurts you, phone us and we’ll help you” while adults can only see an unbruised photo of the boy with the text “Sometimes child abuse is only visible to the child suffering it.”