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TIL Doctors have observed that winning an Academy Award increases the life expectancy of actors and actresses.

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695L7 TIL there is an over 2000ft Ancient Roman Road Tunnel in Naples that was in use for nearly 2000 years.
Z80Xv TIL Laboring women of the Huichol tribe in Mexico held onto a string that was tied to her husband's testicles. "With each painful contraction, she would give the string a yank so that the man could share the burden."
KDwE TIL most of E.T. was filmed at the eye level of a child so adults can connect more with the children in the film
JydV TIL the word “avocado” comes from the Nahuatl word āhuacatl meaning “testicle” because of the likeness between the fruit hanging on the tree and the bodypart.
XEGQX TIL The international Milky Way bar, which is sold as 3 Musketeers in the US; and the US version of the milky way is sold as the Mars bar elsewhere. The US Mars bar was a Milky bar with Almonds an was discontinued in 2002 and replaced with the snickers almond