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TIL that the urethra is an organ.

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X0ZPr TIL One of the oldest board games in the world, The Royal Game of Ur, was first played in the 3rd millennium BC. During the height of its popularity, the game had spiritual significance and was thought to predict a player’s future or communicate messages from deities/supernatural beings.
6EXJZ TIL Bob Barker is part Sioux and spent most of his childhood living on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota
wL51 TIL Isaac Newton was like Dirty Harry in 17th century London - chasing counterfeiters of the Royal Mint, bribing crooks for info, threatening criminals and their famlies, eventually focusing on his nemesis. And then he burned all his notes to cover his dirty ways of catching crooks.
Oo6M7 TIL That after she died, a Florida heiress left $3 million and her Miami mansion to her 3 pet chihuahuas. The dogs have full-time staff, wear £10,000 Cartier necklaces and enjoy weekly spa treatments.
woEb6 TIL dead skin cells are a main ingredient in household dust