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TIL the word Dildo comes from a Latin word meaning to “open wide”

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9wlAQ TIL there's a medical condition that causes its sufferers to sweat blood.
a89MN TIL that the Amazon River drains about 61 million gallons (230 million liters) of water into the ocean per second. This is greater than that of the world's next seven largest rivers combined and accounts for 20% of total river water discharge worldwide.
b9Km9 TIL in 2010 a group of friends fabricated an absurd case to bring on Jude Judy in order to get a free trip to LA and $1,500
0w1kv TIL that in 1969, the Colorado government detonated a nuclear bomb (twice as powerful as as the bomb at Hiroshima) underground for the purpose of fracking.
MekL8 TIL of Jessica O. Matthews, a Nigerian-American entrepreneur. At the age of 19 she invented the Soccket, which is a soccer ball that stores kinetic energy and can provide three hours of light after half an hour of play.