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TIL Porn is illegal in Ukraine, unless it is for medical use.

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LWP TIL the cork screw is also called a “wine key” because it was invented by a man name Karl Wienke.
6E5dX TIL while humans produce vitamin D by exposing their skin to sunlight, cats and dogs must ingest their own fur as a source of their vitamin D. This is the reason why they love to lay in the sun and groom themselves (probably because it feels good too)
vZZB TIL The richest man in history was Musa I of Mali. On his pilgrimage to Mecca he spent so much gold that he caused a super inflation and devalued the metal for the next decades.
ExeV TIL if cars were driven by computers, a single lane of freeway could transport road trains of up to 35,000 vehicles per hour (up from 1,500 human driven cars per hour)
DQx4V TIL the main reason for dimming the lights during takeoff and landing is not to create a cozy atmosphere on the plane, but rather to allow the eyes to adjust to the outside light conditions in case of an emergency evacuation.