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TIL that Talmund style Jewish circumcisions involve the Rabbi using his mouth to suck the blood from the penis.

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aX7A TIL: 27 US States lie partly or are completely North of Canada’s most southern point of land (Middle Island)
w8g1 TIL James Blunt “sold his sister” on EBay as a “damsel in distress” when she could not find transportation to a funeral. She ended up marrying the man that won the auction.
X9KP TIL that Dick is a nickname for Richard because, in Medieval times, one of the customs for coming up with a nickname was to create a rhyme or swap a letter. So Richard became Rick, which rhymes with Dick or Hick. Only Dick has stuck around as a proper name.
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