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TIL that Erectile Dysfunction can be diagnosed as psychological or physical depending if the patient still gets morning wood. [NSFW]

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R5lK9 TIL that in 1970 there was a fictionalized bout between heavyweights Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali. They both were filmed sparring 75 one minute rounds, and the results were determined using probability formulas entered into a computer. This simulation inspired the plot for Rocky Balboa (2006).
jdon TIL a mile in America is about 3.2 millimetres longer than in the rest of the world.
jmev TIL that in Japan, where “lifetime employment” contracts with large companies are widespread, employees who can’t be made redundant may be assigned tedious, meaningless work in a “banishment room” until they get bored enough to resign.
PP6g TIL that George Washington was the first president to be unanimously elected by the Electoral College, and his Inauguration speech was less than 2 minutes long- the shortest of any president ever.
m1m0R TIL About John Weir Foote a Canadian Army Chaplain from World War II who became the only Canadian Chaplain to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Dieppe Raid. Among his actions were loading wounded onto evacuating craft and staying behind to aid those who could not be moved.