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TIL tampon companies test the absorbency of their products with a synthetic vagina called a Syngyna

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BrMld TIL Chinese dumplings are called "Peking ravioli" in the Boston area because when Joyce Chen opened her Chinese restaurant in Cambridge she thought it would sound more appealing to the large Italian population in the area.
OoEJR TIL of a Dutch sailor who stole a military aircraft and flew it to Libya to get out of the Dutch Navy.
R7KjQ TIL there was a general strike in Seattle in 1919 that lasted for six days, which supposedly resulted in "creating the first Red Scare" in America
leda TIL the expiration date on water bottles is for the bottle, not the water.
Mgem TIL a man spent 7 years drawing an incredibly intricate maze