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TIL that an ancient phallus (20cm-long, 3cm-wide ) was unearthed in Hohle Fels Cave near Ulm in the Swabian Jura. It is thought to be the earliest "sex toy"

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1a5B7 Today I learned the aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo of the Argentine navy was originally a British Colossus class Aircraft carrier form WWII. She was sold to the Netherlands and then to Argentine Navy ultimately partcipating in the Falklands war against her original builders, the British.
oRrVA TIL in 1915, San Diego hired a "rain maker" who used a secret mix of chemicals to "attract rain" for $10,000. It rained for most of January, destroying bridges, dams, and causing 20 deaths.
5YyoD TIL nunchucks are illegal in the US because the court ruled that they are "designed primarily as a weapon and has no purpose other than to maim or kill", and are "widely used by muggers and street gangs".
VMynB TIL that Battlefield Earth, a 1982 science fiction novel written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, has been praised by numerous fantasy and science fiction authors, among them Neil Gaiman, Frederik Pohl, and Kevin J. Anderson
GAWpj TIL that the Ishmael books by Daniel Quinn inspired Morgan Freeman's involvement with nature documentaries.