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TIL about the "Small Penis Rule" used in writing. It can be used to help authors evade libel lawsuits by giving characters based on real-life people a small penis.

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0wXGp TIL electricity was first installed in the White House in 1891. It was such a new concept that President Benjamin Harrison and his wife both refused to touch light switches due to their fear of electrocution so the White House staff had to follow them around and turn the lights off and on for them
d8yEE TIL Dogs can understand upto a 1000 human words. They can differentiate between nouns. and verbs. More importantly Dogs also feel emotions love, jealousy etc which was previously thought to be only present in primates. They can even read people better than chimps one of our closest genetic neighbour
e416 TIL in 2005 a portion of T-Rex bone was dissolved in acid, it revealed soft tissue with sections of possible DNA.
xmrk TIL that in the Victorian era, it was a thing to send “Vinegar” or Hate valentines anonymously to people you disliked. They were often incredibly harsh, and some even suggested the recipient go kill themselves.
M7kA8 Til india is the biggest producer and consumer of the milk in the world. Top source of milk in India are Buffalos. cow is the second.