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TIL in Japan couples and close family members use Mimikaki, a wooden stick with a hook to clear out each others ears. This is seen as both a show of trust and affection.

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W70LY TIL - Some species of sea turtles can absorb oxygen through their cloacal (genital) orifice, allowing them to stay underwater for extended periods of time without surfacing for air? This method of respiration is called cloacal respiration.
16bnV TIL Male to female anal sex was illegal in renaissance Florence. In 1510, in an attempt to damage N.Machiavelli's rising career as a bureaucrat, someone filed an anonymus report, which was posted publicly: "N.Machiavelli is fucking Lucretia, known as Riccia, in the ass". The charge was dropped
Y7kwZ TIL in 1906, an irrigation company rerouted the Rio Grande, pushing the US town Rio Rico south of the river, causing it to be mistaken as Mexican. In 1972, the United States learned the land was US soil and officially ceded it to Mexico, allowing the local-born residents American citizenship.
N75KJ TIL televangelist Jerry Falwell said in opposition to Brown v. Board of Education: When God has drawn a line of distinction, we should not attempt to cross that line.
E1xMW TIL in 1933 Stalin criminalized male homosexuality but left lesbianism untouched