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TIL that Iran has a disproportionately high rate of penile fracture due to a local practice called taghaandan, "to click or snap when forcibly pushing the erect penis down" to get rid of an unwelcome erection

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Dn8g TIL the FBI planted a fake terrorist in a mosque in California - the mosque called the FBI on the “terrorist” and got a restraining order against him
dP5j TIL there is a tree in India whose canopy covers 3.7 acres (14,5000 square meters) in area making it the widest tree in the world.
VM8l0 TIL the two holes on on a crocodile’s snout aren’t actually it’s nostrils. They are spaces that allow the croc’s bottom teeth to poke through so that they can comfortably close their jaw.
V9eQ TIL Bill Gates’ net worth is four and a half times as large as North Korea’s estimated GDP
5Y5gQ TIL that in 1997, Microsoft saved Apple from bankruptcy by investing $150 million into the company.