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TIL Kanamara Matsuri (Penis Festival) is held in April at the Kanayama Shrine in the city of Kawasaki

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5YgPR TIL women using oral contraceptives blink 32% more often than other women on average for unknown reasons.
79OM TIL Underneath Beijing there is a city spanning 33 square miles called Dixia Cheng. It was built in the 1970’s due to rising tensions between China and the Soviet Union.
DvNv TIL While James Cameron was stricken with food poisoning in Rome on a film set, he had a nightmare about an invincible robot hit man sent from the future to kill him giving him the idea for the Terminator catapulting his career.
81j4 TIL Male orangutans can be attracted to women with red hair. One male, Hsing Hisng, has even ripped pictures of Nicole Kidman out of magazines and placed them in his enclosure.
xVEMD TIL That A California Aquarium Once Apologized for Calling An Otter 'Thicc,' 'Chonky,' and an 'Absolute Unit'