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TIL there’s a bridge in Norway built from Leonardo De Vinci’s drawings 500 years earlier.

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oBOV7 TIL in 2016, a 14-year-old male masturbated with an entire 60-gram tube of BENGAY® and got salicylate poisoning as the product contains methylsalicylate (which is broken down to salicylic acid in the body) and scrotal skin can absorb certain substances up to 40 times better than other skin regions
5VQx8 TIL cats are attracted to the smell of bleach because it's odour is similar to animal pee
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