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TIL the original Oxford English Dictionary was laregly written by a psychiatric patient in hospital at the time who also chopped his own penis off (autopeotomy)

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R5kp1 TIL Under particular conditions, some volcanic vents can produce large visible smoke rings
yxEM TIL a black hole 12 billion light years away holds at least 140 trillion times the water in all of Earth’s oceans combined, making it the largest known reservoir of water
yVlaJ TIL In 2015, a long-forgotten tape in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library containing a private conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1985 was discovered. It revealed a friendly moment between Reagan and Mulroney
Vb18 TIL Stephen Hawking’s son once added swear words to his dad’s voice synthesizer as a prank
lL9a TIL 138 Reagan administration officials had been convicted, indicted or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations during his term, making it the highest criminal conviction record for any President’s staff or cabinet.