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TIL that the Butt plug was patented in 1892 by Dr. Frank Young as a "rectal dilator" and was intended to treat constipation and insanity

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Z84mR TIL about Air New Zealand flight 901, which provided sightseeing flyovers of Antarctica until it crashed into the side of Mount Erebus in November 1979. Most of the wreckage is still there, and can periodically be seen during warmer weather.
yVA58 TIL that tuberculosis was first brought to the Americas by seals that contracted it on beaches of Africa and carried it across the Atlantic around 1,000 years ago. In South America, it was likely contracted first by hunters who handled contaminated meat.
XNwj TIL 200 million years from now, there will be 25 hours in a day on Earth instead of 24.
nenYo TIL Violent games can lower stress and make you less violent (as long as you're having fun)
wokl6 TIL that gazing at one's own face in the mirror for a few minutes, at a low illumination level, produces the apparition of strange faces