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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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pjBp TIL that there is a highway in Russia known as the Road of Bones, as the skeletons of the forced laborers who died during its construction were used in much of its foundations
bDrQ TIL Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, was once in a plane crash in the desert in Syria. With two broken ribs, he repeatedly went back into the burning plane to evacuate passengers, then organized search teams to look for civilization.
PyAn TIL Mitch Hedberg wrote, directed and starred in the 1999 film “Los Enchiladas!”, also starring Dave Attell and Marc Maron. It premiered at Sundance, but was never released publicly. Here it is!
e07pn TIL Half of the world's prison population of about nine million is held in the US, China or Russia.
BrYRr TIL Narwhal tusks can grow up to 10 ft ( 3.5m) long, and can also lean towards the left a little!