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TIL after filming Fat Albert, Bill Cosby told co-star Kenan Thompson that Kenan is “… going to need two dicks because women will be all over you.”

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l0d1 TIL that gamers, playing an online protein folding game, helped decipher the structure of an AIDS causing virus in 10 days; It had remained unsolved by scientists for 15 years. Using the same platform, gamers also helped redesign a widely used enzyme, increasing its activity by a factor of 18.
QJdAM TIL about Kuchisake-onna the Slit-Mouthed Woman who will cut you in half if you say she's unattractive or cut your mouth like hers if you say she is.
G7ej TIL a word that can be its own antonym is called a contronym. For example, “bitch” can refer to someone who’s domineering or submissive.
LAQ TIL that the oldest hotel in the world is Nisiyama Onsen Keiunkan which is in Hayakawa, Japan. It was founded in 705 AD and has been in continuous operation for 1307 years.
7yGO TIL that a 21-year old Sacramento college student boarded the wrong plane in Los Angeles and found himself en route to Aukland, New Zealand instead of Oakland, CA. The accents of the airline staff resulted in the word “Aukland” being pronounced as “Oakland” which confused the flyer.