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TIL the feminine companion word to phallic is yonic, meaning imagery evoking or in the shape of the vulva or vagina.

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51JQ TIL the Netherlands have the highest amount of tornadoes of any european country, followed by the UK
mApo TIL the ugli is a citrus fruit created by hybridizing a grapefruit, an orange, and a tangerine. Named ‘ugly’ for its unsightly, rough, wrinkled, greenish-yellow rind.
p8884 TIL that making a purple pigment used to dye clothes for royalty in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome involved harvesting the pigment from rotting snails. The stench was so bad that Jewish law specifically granted women the right to divorce any husband who became a dyer after marrying.