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TIL that there is such a thing as a ‘Trauma Handshake’ a procedure in which two fingers are inserted into the rectum in order to make sure that your brain still has control over your anal sphincter.

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WKrd TIL Iran has the highest female to male ratio in universities among all sovereign nations. More than 70% of students in engineering and pure sciences are women.
QMaM TIL Googlewhacking is a challenge/activity where you enter two words in the search bar for Google and try to end up with only one search result. There are over 482,000 googlewhacks recorded.
nP0o TIL there was a troop of ancient Greek soldiers made up entirely of gay couples called the Sacred Band of Thebes
abeo TIL Korn had a song called “Y'all Want a Single” which was written in defiance towards their label requesting a radio friendly song to be made for their album. The song had nearly 100 expletives. It later became a single after their fans voted for it to become one on the band’s forum.
N7LZN Today I learned that the four turtles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named after Renaissance artists; Leo is Leonardo da Vinci, Raph is Raphael, Mike is Michelangelo, and Don is Donatello.