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TIL Russia was founded by swedish vikings.

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NK8e TIL: Erotic Asphyxiation started in the 1600’s as a medical treatment for erectile dysfunction when doctors observed that male hanging victims often developed erections.
B7xL TIL a 73 year old man involuntarily masturbated in public. This was a manifestation of a disease known as “alien hand syndrome.”
4X5yN TIL that Jamaica has a national bobsleigh team. Since its debut in 1988, they have represented their country in the Winter Olympics seven times—six times for the men's team, and once for the women's team.
wLJv7 TIL the Maori in New Zealand had their own dogs, but they couldn't survive breeding with the european dogs so died out within 100 years of Captain cook's first voyage.
jeWE TIL that our eyes get puffy after crying because tissue around our eyes absorbs the overflow of tears - also learned that there are 3 types of tears.