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TIL 7% of men suffer from paruresis, an anxiety disorder that means you can't pee if other people are in close proximity.

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Ll9v TIL there is a town in Canada called “Reditt”. It had a highway 666 running through it, but a church successfully petitioned to have it renumbered, so that their address wasn’t on the “highway to hell.”
M7KWb TIL that in 1868 the first non-electric gas-lit traffic light was installed in London outside the Houses of Parliament to control the traffic in adjacent streets. Its operational life was brief: it exploded a month later as a result of a leak injuring the policeman operating the traffic light.
JrW8 TIL If you ate at a new restaurant every day, it would take 44 years to try every restaurant in New York City.
wK16 TIL that Annie Oakley, famous sharp shooter, was falsely reported to have been arrested for cocaine use. She then filed 55 lawsuits against accuser(s), and won 54/55.
Gx4g TIL that despite knowing that a ceasefire would occur at 11am, many Generals continued to send their troops into battle right up until the last minute. Hundreds of lives were wasted on the final day of World War I.