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TIL in the middle ages, people believed witches stole penises and kept them in birds nests or boxes and fed them grain

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VMpxQ TIL in 2007, Navy SEAL Mike Day was shot 27 times by four Al Qaeda gunmen and hit by grenade shrapnel, but he killed all four of the gunmen and walked out to the extraction helicopter. He recovered and is living with his wife and daughters.
KYLma TIL in the town of Kurri Kurri Australia they have an annual festival for mullets. Mulletfest is an event that honours the best Mullet cuts in various styles and categories, including 'everyday', 'grubby', 'ranga' (red hair), 'vintage', 'extreme', 'international' and 'junior'.
YoaA TIL the English language capitalizes the pronoun ‘I’ because it looks too small when it’s in lowercase.
xVK4g TIL about the 'thousand-yard stare', which is a phrase often used to describe the blank, unfocused gaze of soldiers who have become emotionally detached from the horrors around them. It is also sometimes used more generally to describe the look of dissociation among victims of other types of trauma.
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