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TIL that Harvard used to have its own porn magazine

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kGld TIL: On June 8, 1921, Babe Ruth was jailed until 4 p.m. for speeding – an hour after the Yankees game began. He had his jersey delivered to the jail, changed in his cell, then was police escorted to the game. He pinch-hit walked in a 4-3 win over Cleveland and became the Homerun champ 2 days later.
R15j TIL that scientists now have the ability to grow conductive wires inside real roses, allowing the leaves to be darkened or lightened with a zap of electricity.
GxVj TIL murderer Richard McNair mailed himself out of prison, convinced a police officer he wasn’t the fugitive they were looking for, and lived in Canada for over a year while running a blog on himself
kJ5Ze TIL that Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake and Palmer and King Crimson wrote his first song "Lucky Man" at the age of twelve. Twelve years later in 1970 it charted in multiple countries and is still in heavy rotation on Classic Rock stations today
YayG TIL new Google employees are called ‘nooglers’ and are given a propeller beanie cap to wear on their first Friday.