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TIL Napoleon’s Penis was once sold for $3000 and could be worth about $100k today.

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XWNr TIL that a severe hurricane hit Houston, USA during World War II but was kept largely a secret to the public by government authorities to prevent Axis knowledge of lost industrial capacities in the area
a8dNN TIL The Wii Sports Music was based on a song by David Foster for the 1988 Winter Olympics
VGZm TIL: dogs circle around because of their ancestors.The process of circling around before finding a place to sleep would mat down grass, as well as scare away any bugs or snakes that might be in the place they want to sleep.
v1Zr4 TIL that a crowd of 500 Northern civilians tried to watch the First Battle of Bull Run. Among them was a US congressman. He was close enough to the battle that, during the Union retreat, he was captured by Confederate infantry. Upon his release, he wrote a best-selling book about his imprisonment.
ddDK TIL of Tour de Donut, a 30 mile bike race in Illinois where riders take 5 minutes off their time for each donut they eat along the way.