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TIL that on June 5th, 1967, a cook on a fishing boat south of Iceland saw a column of smoke in the distance. Moving to assist, the crew approached only to find that it was a volcanic eruption in the middle of the ocean. The eruption lasted 7 months, resulting in the creation of a new island, Surtsey

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DQLQv TIL Dobermanns were first bred in the 1880s by Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, a tax collector who ran a dog pound in central Germany. With access to dogs of many breeds, he got the idea to create a breed that would be ideal for protecting him.
vLNR TIL That there was a movie made in 2009 consisting only of paint drying, as a rebuttal to critics who mention that they “Would rather watch paint dry” than a particular film.
7rl5p TIL during sexual arousal for men, muscles at the base of the bladder contract in order to close off the passageway from the bladder into the urethra, thus making it impossible for urine to be released during ejaculation.
XExZR TIL of Friedrich Kellner’s diary titled “My Opposition”, consisting of 10 volumes, 861 pages, and 676 individually dated entries from September 1939 to May 1945. His diary offers a glimpse at what an average German citizen might’ve known of during the height of Nazi Germany’s power.
l7ga5 TIL “Mrs.” (derived from “Mistress”) once meant a woman of status, either married or single. “Miss” for single women began during the 17th century. Until the 1800s, most women had no title; only higher-status women used “Mrs” or “Miss”.