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TIL that Ancient Egyptians believed that boys could menstruate, becoming men. In reality, they were suffering from a parasitic disease called schistosomiasis. It's caused by blood flukes, parasitic flatworms, that cause stomach pain, diarrhea, and blood in the urine.











TIL of drummer Cozy Powell's fatal car crash. He was traveling 104mph in the rain while drunk and talking on his phone with a woman who was cheating on her husband with him. He also had no seatbelt on, a leaking tire, and was still recovering from a recent motorcycle accident.




TIL during a hunting trip in 1913 the race car driver Camille Jenatzy hid behind a bush, made animal noises and was promptly shot by a friend, he died in a car on the way to hospital, fulfilling his own prediction that he would die in a Mercedes







TIL Wolverine almost a cameo in Spider-Man 1, Hugh Jackman travelled to New York to film a scene but the idea was scrapped when the production team realized they had lost Wolverine's suit


TIL that used diapers can replace up to 8% of sand used in concrete and mortar for a small, single-story building
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