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9ZnD TIL that in December 1840, Abraham Lincoln and 4 other Illinois congressmen jumped out of a window in a political maneuver designed to prevent a quorum on a vote that would have eliminated the Illinois State Bank.
wen1 TIL that early Protestants objected to priestly celibacy on the grounds that it promoted masturbation. According to Martin Luther, “To say it crudely but honestly, if it doesn’t go into a woman, it goes into your shirt.”
pnNZ TIL that Nazi eugenics programs were inspired by the United States. Decades before Hitler came to power, forced sterilization and marriage restrictions were law in 27 states. Hitler was so impressed that he called books written by American eugenicists “his bible”.