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TIL that the symptoms of the mental disorder called Koro involve an intense fear that one’s genitals are fatally retracting into one’s body. It is most common among Asians

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W0Ed TIL that Tycho Brahe wore a golden nose to replace his lost during a mathematical debate. He also owned a tame elk which apparently died of drinking too much beer. He also died from waiting too long to take a piss. Overall, Tycho Brahe was a quite a unique dude.
JYQL4 TIL that in 1907, a Mexican railroad brakeman named Jesús Gracía saved the entire town of Nacozari by singlehandedly driving a damaged and burning train containing dynamite six kilometers away from the town before it finally exploded, killing him.
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