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TIL That Texas has outlawed the purchase of common laboratory glassware without a permit in an anti-drug production effort

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e0A8g Today I learned that there are taste buds on testicles and anuses. they seem to be part of the chemical sensing of sugars or amino acids but for the most part their full function is unknown.
m1nKy TIL about the Abiotic Petroleum Theory, which explains that hydrocarbons could generate in the mantle and then migrate through deep faults to Earth's crust (in addition to biological processes).
WO64 TIL A woman made great contributions to Egyptology after hitting her head as a toddler and claiming to have unlocked a past life as a priestess in Ancient Egypt.
Me918 TIL that Rodney Dangerfield is considered one of the first content-creating celebrities on the internet. He owned and ran it himself, personally replying to fans via email
5B48 TIL that there’s a festival in Japan called Kanamara Matsuri where a huge statue of penis is carried through the streets of Kawasaki. This parade is for promoting awareness about STD’s and celebrating fertility, long marriages and healthy births.