› added 13 years ago

128

TIL: 75% of men ejaculate within 2 minutes of penetration in at least half of their sexual encounters

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

JYNn8 TIL that women in the Dani tribe in Indonesia amputate a part of their fingers to grieve a loved one's death. It’s believed finger cutting keeps the deceased person’s restless spirit away, as well as symbolising the pain of bereavement.
PYpKV TIL Keanu Reeve’s first name Keanu is Hawaiian, Ke’Anu meaning “Cool breeze over the mountains, but almost went with Chuck Spadina as his stage name when starting out in Hollywood at his agents request
WZOB TIL The biggest squid ever caught weighed an estimated 990 pounds and about 39 feet long. If calamari rings were made from the squid they would be the size of tractor tires
jNpoX TIL Panty Raids, where huge groups of men would raid the women’s dorms to steal their panties, became a massive college fad during the 1950’s. The raids, often cheered on by the women who opened windows tossing out lingerie, even resulted in a 3000 man raid at Berkeley costing 12,000$ in damage.
kOoG5 TIL that Russia consumes about 12% of the world’s heroin, while it contains just 0.5% of the world’s population.