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TIL the vagina loquens, or "talking vagina", is a significant tradition in literature and art, dating back to the ancient folklore motif of the "talking cunt".

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XEPmk TIL Dalmatians are associated with Fire Fighters because they were originally used as sirens. Dating back to the 1800s, they could keep up with the horse drawn carriages and warn people they are coming as well as scare off anything that would spook the horses.
lOmK TIL that 90% of Mozilla’s revenue comes from a contract with Google to be Firefox’s default search engine
gMPa7 TIL hundreds of love letters between two gay World War II soldiers were found and are being made into a book. In one, one of them wrote, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all our letters could be published in the future in a more enlightened time. Then all the world could see how in love we are.”
kljB TIL: Beastie Boys Mike D wore a chain with a 4-inch (10cm) VW emblem which inspired so many thefts that Volkswagen offered free replacements for all drivers affected and placed ads in papers saying “Don’t steal our medallions; send this ad in as a coupon, and we’ll send you your own VW medallion.”
p8m8b TIL several states in the U.S. have been considering reimplementing the firing squad as a means of execution, because the drugs for lethal injections have been getting harder to acquire, the firing squad often causes a very quick death, and it has historically had a low rate of botched executions.