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TIL that in Bhutan, drawing erect penises on things is considered a sign of good luck

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QbK9 TIL that a “double blind” study means that both the patient AND the researcher don’t know who the control group is and which option the placebo is.
W7D9o TIL Venezuela has by far the biggest proven oil reserves in the world, but produces ~10x less oil per day than the country in second place by proven oil reserves (Saudi Arabia)
9wx06 TIL The album art for 21’st Century Breakdown by Green Day was inspired by a graffiti mural that was inspired by a picture of two random people making out at a McDonald’s employee party in Eskilstuna Sweden
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l7OA7 TIL US President Lyndon Johnson installed a shower in the White House that had the intensity of a firehouse and got so hot it regularly set of the fire alarms. One of Nixon's first acts as president was to have the shower torn out.