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TIL The human foreskin uniquely contains hormone receptors whose purpose is not yet fully understood but may directly influence the androgen-mediated growth of the penis during puberty

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LkpbZ TIL Alexander the Great has a giant glass barrel made. He sat in it and had people lower it into the water so he could look at fish.
44aw TIL that the sound of the Nazgul’s screams was based off of Peter Jackson’s wife screaming with a throat infection.
eRnb TIL that Mormons baptized 380,000 Holocaust victims posthumously, seriously offending a lot of Jewish people.
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