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TIL The phenomenon "Koro" is the psychological disappearance of the penis, and causes epidemics of panic anxiety due to widespread fears of losing one's genitals

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vPmWj TIL That Annie Lennox performed in the 1995 'Apollo 13' soundtrack - not just end titles, but the score itself
RnQ9 TIL Divers off the coast of Greece uncovered the worlds first computer (Dating back to the 1st Century B.C.)
xVmG0 TIL that after the devastating volcanic eruption on Whakaari last year in which 21 died and 26 were injured, New Zealand ordered 1.2 million cm of human skin from the US to treat burn victims
ZX4 TIL that the Portuguese Man O’ War jellyfish is not a single creature, but actually a colony of interconnected specialized organisms functioning in unison, which are themselves incapable of independent survival
l7PPa TIL: that until 1990, British judges would wear a black cap while pronouncing execution sentences, and that it is still used in some ceremonies today