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TIL There is a measuring device specifically designed to determine the volume of testicles. It is called an Orchidometer.

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epr6E TIL about Giuseppe Garibaldi II, the Australian-born grandson of the Italian unifier who also fought in the Mexican Revolution and served under Pancho Villa.
7rxOr TIL during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the German 4th Panzer Division cut off 10,000 Soviet troops. They took 2,000 prisoners... and just let the others go. They simply couldn't afford to take them all prisoner.
XeDX TIL that pasta, as it is known today, was introduced by Arabs from Libya, during their conquest of Sicily in the late 7th century, thus predating Marco Polo’s travels to China by about six centuries.
0wdk1 TIL that William Adams, an English navigator during the 1600's, became the first of his nation to reach Japan, and was recognized as one of the first ever Western samurai.
pybG TIL that German monks gave up food for Lent, and survived on beer and water alone for 40 days a year.