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TIL that incarcerated males put themselves at risk for injury and infection when attempting penile enhancement with improvised equipment

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0w6Rv TIL in 1900 A category 4 hurricane was raging through the Bahamas. The advanced weather stations in Cuba tried to inform the US Weather Bureau that it was headed west to Texas. They ignored the Cubans and claimed it was headed north instead. The hurricane hit Texas killing up to 12,000 people.
YpkVd TIL humans could walk on Titan without a pressurized space suit, only a breathing mask and protection from the cold.
R7wa1 TIL that Tug of War (not a masturbatory reference) was once an Olympic Sport. It was dropped after the Antwerp games in 1920 after a number of controversies.
e0RML TIL One of the most probable characteristics of the golden state killer that helped to his arrest is his victims' statements about his exceptionally small penis.
rNkYM TIL Nancy Kulp (Ms Hathaway on "The Beverly Hillbillies") ran for Congress in 1984 to represent PA-09. Buddy Ebsen, who played Jed Clampett, recorded an attack ad against her for being too liberal, leading to a rift that only ended years later when Kulp was dying from cancer.