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TIL that in 1874 a satirical article was published claiming that a women was impregnated by a bullet that plunged through the testicle of a soldier. The story persisted as a medical fact as late as 1959

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PVjZ TIL of Ashurnasirpal II, the all-conquering bloodthirsty King of Assyria who built a temple out of flayed human skin, built minarets out of human heads, then commissioned art depicting him banging fertility goddesses and strangling lions.
ADnan TIL there is more water in 100g of red bell pepper than in 100g of Coca Cola.
Jx6V TIL 2 million people formed a 675 km chain between the three Baltic states to demonstrate a desire for independence from the USSR in 1989
9Y1pQ TIL that earwigs have wings.
eoEE TIL of Tom Crean, an Irish Antartic explorer who along with Ernest Shackleton and two other men, sailed 1,500km in a life boat across Drake passage to save the lives of 22 men stranded on Elephant island. Known as one of the most extraordinary feats of seamanship and navigation in recorded history.