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TIL that Johnny Knoxville injured his penis so badly in 2007 that he now has to use a catheter twice a day.

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VM9mp TIL the last duel in France took place in 1967 between Gaston Defferre and René Ribière, following an argument in the French National Assembly. Ribière demanded satisfaction by duel with swords after Defferre refused to apologise for yelling, "shut up, stupid!" Ribière lost the duel.
9YOG TIL that there is a shipwreck in the Thames Estuary containing at least 1,400 tonnes of TNT high explosives including 2,000 cases of cluster bombs and if it exploded could be one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever and create a small tsunami.
neGRP TIL despite numerous warning signs about the low clearance of the Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass, a number of trucks, buses, & RVs have collided with the overpass at high speed, tearing off roof fixtures and shearing off the trucks' roofs, earning the bridge the nickname the Can-Opener
E1m6W TIL that thanks to a technicality in a 1912 treaty, Japanese nationals were entitled to work in the Netherlands without a permit between 2014 and 2017
jNmdv TIL Isaac Newton got swept up in the investing madness of the South Seas Bubble and lost out to the tune of ~£20 000 000 (in today's money)