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OGDA4 TIL: That in 2008, a judge in New Zealand made a young girl a ward of court so that she could change the name she hated - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. Judge Rob Murfitt said that the name embarrassed the nine-year-old and could expose her to teasing.
gr9d9 TIL: That Muhammad Ali had Irish ancestry and visited the country on a number of occasions. In 2009, he took time out to visit Ennis in County Clare, the home town of his ancestor Abe Grady whereupon he was also made first honorary freeman of the town.
gr9PD TIL that an ancient phallus (20cm-long, 3cm-wide ) was unearthed in Hohle Fels Cave near Ulm in the Swabian Jura. It is thought to be the earliest "sex toy"