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TIL there are more vacant houses than homeless people in America

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YKK7 TIL For the Romans, a big cock wasn’t a sign of manliness or sexual skill. All of the Roman heroes – mythological, political, or athletic – were portrayed as having small, compact genitalia, almost like pubescent boys. What we consider “well-endowed” was considered a sign of a barbarian or a fool.
GAmr5 TIL Vibrators were first developed as a medical device. In the late 19th century, vibrators were marketed and used as medical devices, specifically for treating conditions like female ‘hysteria’ and pelvic congestion.
Ne8 TIL that it took longer than usual to measure Bob Beamon’s World Record Long Jump leap in 1968 as it was beyond the limit of the measuring equipment.
4Pjg TIL: That Colonel Sanders got fired from dozens of jobs. Including being a lawyer. He found himself broke at the age of 65, and decided to start KFC.
78PKX TIL that the elite force of soldiers in 4th century Thebes was 300 homosexual lovers (150 pairs) called Sacred Band of Thebes. They ended Spartan domination in Greece.