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TIL that Sigmund Freud dissected hundreds of eels in search of the male sex organs. He had to concede failure in his first major published research paper, and turned to other issues in frustration

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bWb9 TIL many years after Octavian agreed to Cicero’s name being placed on the proscription list, Octavian found his grandson reading a book by Cicero, he took it from him, read a bit of it, and then returned it saying: “He was a learned man, dear child, a learned man who loved his country”.
0y6j TIL one of the world’s fastest clappers can clap up to 14 times per second. His world record is 721 claps in one minute. This is a video of him demonstrating his ability.
eG1g TIL in 2007 the I-35W bridge in Minnesota collapsed with a school bus on the deck. As it fell, a truck driver swerved to give them an exit. It cost him his own life but saved over 50 children.
AlB4 TIL Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear punched Piers Morgan in the face.
5VDoB TIL Ryan Island is the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest freshwater lake in the world.