› added 7 years ago

408

TIL almost every major porn site including youporn, redtube and many others are all run by 1 company called Mindgeek.

Read more nationalpost.com

via ift.tt

KOWdw TIL Tesla sells shorts for 69.420 bucks
OGBx4 TIL that maggot therapy is an FDA approved treatment option for ulcers and wounds to promote healing. Live maggots are placed at the site of injury and eat the necrotic tissue, while also secreting anti-microbial chemicals.
epyZ6 TIL that in the Middle Ages, barbers were in high demand, with each monastery needing one. They performed surgeries, tooth extractions, and made ointments. The first recognized barber-surgeons worked in monasteries around 1000 AD.
loVv1 TIL that Marble Hill actually was part of Manhattan until they built a canal where the current Harlem River is. I also learned that St. Stephen's Church used to overlook the original estuary, Spuyten Duyvil Creek.
l7OlB TIL that despite remaining neutral during WWII, Switzerland was accidentally bombed over 70 times, most often by the US. After Zurich was accidentally bombed 1945, the American pilots were courtmartialed, and the presiding officer was Col. Jimmy Stewart.