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TIL of a Buddhist monk who was famous for “enlightening” women with sex, referring to his penis as the “Thunderbolt of Flaming Wisdom”.

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Ny7e TIL I learned that Chattanooga’s taxpayer-owned internet is 50 times faster than the average American’s, and as fast as Hong Kong’s, the fastest in the world
l7Y45 TIL the band Counting Crows got its name from "One for Sorrow", a British divination nursery rhyme about the superstitious counting of magpies, which are members of the crow family. Singer Adam Duritz heard the rhyme in the 1989 film Signs of Life, which starred his friend Mary-Louise Parker.
GMW7 TIL that Osama Bin Laden’s relatives own a massive construction business. The company is not currently allowed to take on new contracts because of a massive crane collapse that killed 118 on September 11, 2015.
gr77D TIL Stone Age Europeans may have practiced human sacrifice, including live burial under houses…
lo4va TIL that people with dementia think that stuff like a black doormat isn’t a doormat, but a deep hole in the floor. Due to these visual perception problems, people with dementia avoid stepping the doormat, and this is sometimes used to keep them from leaving their care facilites.