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TIL about a woman who got pregnant without a vagina via a knife fight

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ADxJw TIL anti urination devices were a form of hostile architecture installed in Norwich and the surrounding area in the late 19th century to discourage public urination. The slope of the structure meant the stream of urine would be deflected back onto their feet and legs
dDgBr TIL in 1960, AT&T represented 13% of the entire US stock market, roughly double the weight of Nvidia today
YaRP TIL in Holland’s embassy in Moscow, two Siamese cats kept meowing and clawing at the walls of the building. Their owners finally investigated, thinking they would find mice. Instead, they discovered microphones hidden by Russian spies.
rNVGM TIL the specifics about an ancient Greek sex position has been lost to history. In Aristophanes' comedy Lysistrata, women going on a sex strike vow to never "assume the position of the lioness on the cheese grater."
JYGY8 TIL Why blueprints are blue. In the mid 1800's, a photo chemical process was developed that enabled copying documents. The blueprinting process deposits blue ferric ferrocyanide in areas that were blank in the original document. Thus, the copy consists of white lines on a blue background.