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TIL that Lyndon B. Johnson enjoyed showing his penis, which he nicknamed “Jumbo,” to his colleagues at the US Capitol. On the floors of the house and senate, he was known to “extravagantly rummage away at his groin.”

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oBy8A TIL that Stockbridge Police Chief William J. Obanhein, who in 1964 posed for Norman Rockwell famous Ruby Bridges painting "The Problem We All Live With", was surprisingly also the “Officer Obie” of Arlo Guthrie’s 1967 hit song “Alice’s Restaurant.”
6ERvm TIL that China has a law that enforces adult children to visit and care for their elderly parents.
QNljd TIL in 1997 scientists recorded a mysterious noise underwater they nicknamed the "Bloop" which was so loud it was heard more than 3,000 miles away and has been speculated to be caused by an animal or an icequake.
DQLag TIL that the first major league in baseball formed in 1876 and was called the National League and included 8 teams.
epKj5 TIL there is an ancient Corinthian helmet in the Museum of Korea. Originally gifted to marathoner Son Gi-Jeong for winning the gold medal in the 1936 Olympics, he did not receive it until 1986. Son then donated it to the museum. It is Korea's only designated Western "National Treasure"