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TIL 'CQD' was the international distress symbol before 'SOS'

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vP1Lr TIL that The Beatles re-recorded two of their hit singles in German due to wanting to sell more in Germany
wen1 TIL that early Protestants objected to priestly celibacy on the grounds that it promoted masturbation. According to Martin Luther, “To say it crudely but honestly, if it doesn’t go into a woman, it goes into your shirt.”
rN6Ao TIL prominent "sovereign citizen" David Wynn Miller believed he developed an infallible form of legal syntax that could easily prove people's innocence. In every instance of its use in court it has been described as complete nonsense.
NMXQ TIL men that ejaculate 5+ times a week cut their risk of prostate cancer by 33%.
DQKQv TIL Australia is the lowest and flattest continent in the world with an average elevation of only 1000 feet due to being near the centre of a tectonic plate