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TIL of superheating, the phenomenon in which a liquid is heated to a temperature higher than its boiling point, without boiling

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e0VND TIL Small penises where consonant with Greek ideals of male beauty, while big penises were considered vulgar
5VrOr TIL that women are traditionally prohibited from entering a sumo ring. This tradition is so strictly enforced that in 2018 two women were asked to leave the ring even though they were preforming CPR on a man who collapsed in one.
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KYAbJ TIL: About Queen Radavalona I, "The Mad Monarch of Madagascar". She enforced isolationist policies, hunted down Christians, repelled the French, and made tax payments payable through forced labor. She eliminated her mom by starvation to not spill her own blood. The population dropped in half.
0wD4j TIL An 11 year old girl could not afford running shoes, so she wrapped her feet in tape and drew a Nike logo on it. She won several gold medals in local competitions.