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TIL female “squirting” is essentially the involuntary emission of urine during sexual activity

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gra4X TIL the first mayor of African descent of a Western world capital was Severiano de Hereida, a Cuban-born naturalised French citizen who advocated for the separation of church and state and was an early ecologist. He's also notable as the father of the influential neurophycisist Marcelle de Hereida.
R7wXa TIL that Claudius's love life was considered unusual at the time,he only liked women, not men.
oROyK TIL That Hogfish, Pig Fish, and Pork Fish are Kosher
KYYV4 TIL that George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was originally titled "The Last Man in Europe", Orwell later considered "1980" and "1982" before settling on "1984". The title was not just an inversion of the year it was written (1948) which is often suggested.
B7br TIL that Glucose (sugar) has an opposite “handed” isomer L-glucose, that tastes identical and isn’t metabolized as sugar, also safe for diabetics. Unfortunately, L-glucose costs 50% more than gold.