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TIL the average volume of blood in an erection is close to equal or more than the volume of blood in the brain

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yV7yl TIL Korean serial killer Kim Sun-ja laced her friend's tea with cyanide, causing her to vomit. She told her friend that she would feel better if she drank more of the beverage, but her friend became suspicious and refused, becoming the only known survivor of 6 poisoning victims from 1986 to 1988
jbWj TIL that Nietzsche did not drink alcohol, writing that it suppresses the will to change our lives for the better
woNAE TIL: US President Eisenhower warned of an “out of hand” military industrial complex in his farewell speech
X0PMj TIL:Sir David Attenborough's career started in 1952 and he was initially discouraged from appearing on camera.His inspiring work has led scientists to name atleast 20 species after him,including a bird (Polioptila attenboroughi),a frog (Pristimantis attenboroughi)and an Indonesian flightless weevil.
MdXV TIL that pork is popular in Spain because it was used to show that you were not a Jew or Muslim during the Inquisition