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TIL that authors sometimes use the "Small Penis Rule" as a strategy to avoid defamation lawsuits. They give their characters small penises as a way of preventing others from claiming that the character is based on their likeness.

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0wvNN TIL in Lord of the Rings The Two Towers the majority of the Rohirrim(Riders of Rohan) were actually female stunt riders with fake beards/make up.(30:24)
woXo TIL the slang term for prostitute is believed to have originated from Civil War General Joseph Hooker because he was a hardcore partier with many ladies.
LJ4Q TIL that a white American became a Japanese citizen, and successfully sued a business that refused entry to non-Japanese for racial discrimination, winning $25,000 in damages
xOpk TIL the average U.S. wedding now costs $31,213 (excluding the honeymoon).
VD4m TIL astronauts deposit their urine by dumping it out into space. Astronaut Rusty Schweickart called a urine dump at sunset “one of the most beautiful sights” he saw in space.