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TIL Male humans suffering from rabies can sometimes ejaculate uncontrollably up to 30 times a day.

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e10g TIL The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be scrapped after 20 years. It only survived because the military started using it as a radio tower, intercepting crucial military transmissions during World War I.
D1mNv TIL In 1942, a 12-year-old lied about his age to join the Navy. He became a decorated war hero at age 13 but was thrown out of the Navy after his mom found out.
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oRm1K TIl that what we currently know as the dollar sign ($) was originally used as an abbreviation of "pesos", the currency used in several former Spanish colonies. The dollar originated from the peso, or "Spanish dollar", in the 18th century.
b179 TIL in 1893 the first graduating class of New Mexico State University had only one student - and he was murdered before graduation.