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TIL 5% of patients who take the anti-depressant clomipramine experience orgasms every time they yawn

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j6J1n TIL that in medieval Japan, monks attempting to gain Nirvana would put themselves through 3000 days of eating nothing but tree byproducts, followed by drinking a tea that contains poison ivy, and eventually being buried while posing in a meditative state.
wL8Q7 TIL in the UK for at least 300 years there was a dog bred to aid in the kitchen by walking inside of a wheel, called the Turnspit Dog. Automation caused this breed to go extinct.
7rbBb TIL about Calixa Lavallée a Canadian who fought for the Union in the American Civil War. He later went on to compose the music for “O Canada” the Canadian national anthem. 33-55,000 Canadians fought for the Union in the Civil War.
11WX TIL that enough technology exists right now to create a solar-powered colony on the moon.
D9pJ TIL that Michael Jackson donated to more charity organisations than any other entertainer