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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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ADXY4 TIL about the indigenous Brazilian tribe of the Pirahã, who lost interest in converting to Christianity when they found out the missionary Daniel Everett had never seen Jesus himself.
g6oy TIL a man took 23 years to travel to every country and region in the world.
a8D0A TIL more than 1 in 10 Americans have no close friends. The share of Americans who have zero close friends has been steadily rising. From 3% of the population in 1991 to 12% in 2021. The share who have 10 or more close friends has also fallen - from 33% to 13%.
EpMx TIL when the Comstock Laws banned birth control, the makers of the Trojan condoms floated the restriction by selling Trojans as a protection against disease
aw9b0 TIL scientists found a medieval salve made out of wine, garlic, onion and oxgall which must be put in a brass vessel for nine nights to become an antibiotic that is potent against MRSA.