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TIL kangaroos have 3 vaginas

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NXEQ8 TIL that because Paris is so romanticised in eastern cultures, travellers to the city - especially from Japan and China - can end up experiencing an intense culture shock that can cause anything between vomiting to actual hallucinations. The effect has its own name - Paris Syndrome
ELO7 TIL: Two Australian men started a travelling"dick trick" act that performed contortions and manipulation of the male genitalia. It was largely successful and performed shows in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Europe, Canada, the U.S., South Africa and Argentina.
1aQV TIL the world’s oldest functioning light bulb was built in 1900 and is still burning.
9wYNG TIL that there is a strong positive correlation between how fast someone walks and the population of the city that they're from. If a city is 10x larger than another, people will walk 24% faster on average.
RPpQ TIL Thomas Jefferson is credited by the OED as the first person in history to use the word “Shag”, to mean “to have sex with”