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TIL About 2 guys, who, without proper permits, equipment and no food and money, climbed Mt. Everest, and then paraglided and kayaked into the Indian Ocean in one trip

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KrPJ TIL Robert de Niro got a hack taxi license during the filming of Taxi Driver and one of his passengers recognized him and said “I guess it’s tough to find work.”
M7rM8 TIL The male orgasm is a 3 stage process involves 3 glands & the testicles. Seminal Fluid is alkaline. Prior to ejaculation 1-2 drops of a clear liquid is secreted by the bulbourethral glands & neutralizes the acidity of the urethra. Then the milky prostate secretion without sperm, then the payload.
KNJ TIL the US Army is building a secret island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, and has been since 1998
1aO1W TIL in 2014, scientist Michael J. Smith published a study on where it’s most and least painful to get stung by a bee. Most painful: nostril, lip, and penis shaft. Least painful: skull, middle toe tip, and arm. He won an IgNobel Prize.
v17jB TIL about the Australian bird the Bassian Thrush that farts to disturb worms while hunting.