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TIL that you shouldn't use soap to wash your asshole as they will reduce the natural oils that protect the anus

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R59Dw TIL Each species of frog has a distinct call, and though even among the same species, different dialects are found in different regions. Although humans cannot detect the differences in dialects, frogs can distinguish between the regional dialects.
jNgWQ TIL that in 2016, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that records which document Israel's arms sales to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide will remain sealed and concealed from the public.
0dRej TIL That riveted ships and boilers were made to be water-tight by caulking which, in this case, refers to the process of hammering the face of one steel plate so the deformation will fill the gaps, resulting in a tight seal.
EVD7 TIL the Thirteen Club met in the 1880s to debunk the superstition about the number 13 by dining 13 to a table, walking under ladders, and spilling salt on Friday 13th. They had 5 US Presidents as members, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
R57L8 TIL that during a two-year recovery from tuberculosis at a sanitorium, Ringo Starr was first exposed to a percussion instrument in the form of a makeshift mallet made from a cotton bobbin that he used to strike the cabinets next to his hospital bed.