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TIL Japanese porn industry is extremely short on male actors, as many as 10,000 women against only 70 men

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5ppB TIL that in an experiment conducted(on a guillotined man) by Dr. Gabriel Beaurieux in 1905, he quite reliably proved(to his satisfaction) that a severed head (that of convicted murderer, Henri Languille) remains conscious and alert for some time after being separated from a body.
09kM TIL There’s a version of “Waterworld” nearly 4.5 hours long and it only aired on ABC once in 1998.
6Onw TIL the Hawaiian state flag looks like both the US and UK flag because King Kamehameha wanted it to appeal to both sides during the War of 1812
wLMMJ TIL: Fawns are born relatively odourless as a defence mechanism.
R5Be7 TIL the owner of Kayabukiya Tavern, a traditional-style Japanese "sake-house" restaurant, employed his two pet macaque monkeys to serve guests. One monkey would take and deliver drink orders to guest diner tables while the other brought guests hot towels to clean their hands before ordering drinks.