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Z899v TIL: The female version of morning wood (or morning glory in Australian,) is "nocturnal clitoral tumescence."
bdoN TIL of Roy Benavidez. He volunteered to be dropped into a firefight against 1000 NVA to save his 12 man team, armed with only a knife. He was wounded 37 times in a 6hr battle, believed dead, and was placed in a body bag. He saved his mates, survived, and received the MoH.
6ENQw TIL the Pentagon has twice as many toilet facilities needed for a building of its size because it had to conform with the Commonwealth of Virginia's racial segregation laws during construction.
xEl7 TIL in 1982, 5 men walked into a Long Island NY diner and forced over 100 patrons and staff to strip and have sex with each other. They also shot 2 men, raped a waitress, and robbed everyone there. Oh, and that was just the last thing they did that night.
lomBV TIL of "Psychogenic death" - when a person gives up on life mentally and dies usually within days. The phenomenon occurs when someone experiences a trauma they feel they cannot escape, and the person views death as their only option.