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TIL that pre-ejaculatory fluid (“Pre-cum”) is released from a different part of the anatomy of the penis (than sperm) and is meant to lower the acidity in the vagina before ejaculation and most studies are in agreement that it CANNOT get someone pregnant.

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KYZ0Q TIL, unlike most birds, kiwis have horrible eyesight and are frequently prone to ophthalmological issues. As a result, they naturally rely so heavily on other senses that some have been found to have survived perfectly well albeit completely blind in the wild for years.
E1e0d TIL that the Rolls Royce-Bentley V8 was in production for 61 years until it was discontinued this year (2020). The last car to use it was the Bentley Mulsanne.
oBalY TIL a British nurse named Edith Cavell helped treat soldiers regardless of their nationalities in WWI. She also helped them escape from German occupied Belgium. When caught, she refused to lie about her actions and was executed by firing squad.
XalP TIL of Jack Ketch, an English executioner in the 1600s whose name became synomoymous with Satan, death and excecutioner because of the brutal inefficiency of his excecutions
8axbK TIL that the average height of a male in the Netherlands has gained 20 cm (eight inches) in the last 150 years, according to military records.