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TIL that the first academic paper proposing edging as a way to battle premature ejaculation was written by a doctor whose last name was Semans.

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mxknE TIL that since modern civilizations and languages likely won't exist 10,000 years from now, signs warning about nuclear waste (which will still be dangerous then) have to be designed to be understood by anyone, without the use of language. These tools include pictograms and hostile architecture.
Wk4EA TIL about the concept of Shuhari, a Japanese philosophy on learning. The student first follows the rules (Shu), seeks to break the rules (Ha), then becomes the rules (Ri) as they have achieved mastery and the rules are no longer necessary.
k5O1 TIL that the US Postal Service is eliminating mailboxes in new communities. All new communities must have central mailbox clusters like apartments have.
JP6B TIL that although they are unable to produce chlorophyll Albino Redwood trees can survive, this is because the albino trees are able fuse their roots with the roots of other Redwood and live as parasites, there are only 61 known examples of this.
b9yY0 TIL 35mm film has a digital equivalent of 6K resolution, while 70mm film has the digital equivalent of 12K resolution