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TIL Fetuses masturbate [NSFW]

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KO4D4 TIL The first road vehicle to go over 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) it was a Belgian electric vehicle. Camille Jenatzy accomplished this feat in a car he designed himself, "La Jamais contente" (Never Satisfied), set a road speed record of 105.88 km/h on 29 April 1899, in Achères.
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