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TIL the most common cause of testicular injury in the United States is being shot in the balls

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K4PQ TIL that during the Panic of 1893, JP Morgan used $60 million in bonds to bail out the United States government.
yVdbJ TIL of "Shit Life Syndrome," a medical term for a form of depression resistant to therapy and anti-depressants, caused by ones life circumstances.
ADbgo TIL that eating raw or undercooked Shiitake mushrooms, causes a dermatological condition that causes primarily an itchy whiplash like rash, called shiitake mushroom flagellate dermatitis
ADWmx TIL the Colt Walker revolver was the world's most powerful repeating handgun from 1847 until the .357 magnum cartridge was invented in 1934. It was designed to be able to kill an enemy's horse in one shot.
jaNj TIL rattlesnakes are evolving to not have rattles, making it harder for humans to detect and kill them.