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TIL that women can coax out an obstinate poop by massaging the back wall of their vaginas.

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XEZpD TIL Vlad the Impaler once repelled an attempted Ottoman invasion by making a forest of wooden stakes piled high with Ottoman corpses. According to Chalkokondyles, a contemporary Greek historian, there were over 20,000 people in his "Forest of the Dead"
KGY9 TIL a ship called the HMS Black Joke used to chase down and fight slave traders.
Lkypr TIL British-made A.D.E. 651 advertised as a foolproof bomb detector. Tens of millions of dollars’ worth were bought by Baghdad military. They turned out to be pieces of plastic with antennae glued on at the end and their batteries were business cards with the word C4 markered on them.
W7p5Y TIL that the U.S. Department of State encourages Americans traveling to North Korea to draft a will and designate power of attorney prior to embarking on their trip.
Y6Zx TIL During World War II, prisoners of war in Canada were treated so nicely that they didn’t want to leave Canada when they were released.