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TIL that Ancient Greek sculptures have such small peckers because, at the time, they were consonant with male beauty. Having a large johnson, on the other hand, was normally associated with being a fool or a barbarian.

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0dNgA TIL about the tragic life of the man who performed the “Free Bird” guitar solo, Allen Collins. After surviving the 1977 plane crash, his wife Kathy later died of a hemorrhage, and in 1986, he got into a car crash which left him paralyzed and killed his girlfriend. He then died at 37 from Pneumonia.
5AQn TIL: In late 90s Will Smith told Eminem, “You’ll either be the biggest flop, or the biggest thing we’ve ever seen”.
jBQv TIL an 8ft. LEGO man labeled ‘No Real Than You Are’ washed up on a Dutch beach in 2007. Origins remain unknown.
b9dDa TIL that Cheez-It's are not actually square, measuring 1.0 by 0.94 inches, making them rectangles.
dD4xQ TIL That France finished building a nuclear reactor in 1985 that never entered operation. The project cost over $4 Billion dollars, and the old nuclear facility is now a theme park.