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TIL that the phrase ‘cellar door’ was determined by experts to be the most euphonious phrase, or pleasant sounding, in all of English.

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a8JN0 TIL: This year Belgian Customs destroyed 2,352 cans of Miller High Life because it had the word Champagne on them
rRGae TIL Bayer sold HIV and Hepatitis C contaminated blood products that caused up to 10,000 people in the US alone infected to HIV. After they found out the drug was contaminated, they pulled it off the US market and sold it to countries in Asia and Latin America so that they could still make money.
7rPrZ TIL there is an all-female anti-poaching combat unit in Zimbabwe called Akashinga ("the brave ones")
XEge6 TIL the Isle of Pabbay in the Hebrides was abandoned when every male resident of the island was lost at sea. Another of the Isles had all its sheep washed away by a wave
QJDRe TIL Elephants can control their dick like a second trunk. As a result of this, collecting semen from an elephant by way of penile stimulation is dangerous, as one swing of that thing can knock a man clear off his feet. Therefore, the prostate must be stimulated instead through vigorous anal fisting.