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TIL that in cases of spinal injury emergency doctors may check for the 'bulbocavernosus reflex' where they squeeze head of the penis or the clitoris while their finger is inside the anus to check for contraction of the anal sphincter. Absence of this reflex indicates spinal cord damage

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x0Lk TIL British scientists found three previously unknown species of mushrooms in a commercial packet purchased from a small Chinese supermarket in London
a6MZ TIL there is a bacteria that literately excretes pure gold
1aXgW TIL crocodiles are homodonts i.e. each of their ~80 teeth is of the same type and they can get replaced upto 50 times over a lifespan of 35-70 years.
JY46V TIL in 1964 an icy runway caused a taxiing B-58 bomber to flop over and topple onto its fuel tanks. This ignited 14,000 gallons of blended gasoline and kerosene and barbecued the bomber’s nuclear payload…including a 9-megaton bomb powerful enough to flash fry any exposed human within 20 miles.
MejLA TIL Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was responsible for the creation of the PG-13 rating