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TIL the first successful penis transplant went to a soldier who suffered a devastating injury from an improvised explosive device while serving in Afghanistan

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6E5pY TIL about a shortage of dwarf actors to play the Oompa Loompas in 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', as the Nazis had killed most of the dwarves during WW2.
J1RJ4 TIL That Henry VIII’s Foot Combat Armour was studied to help develop space suits.
kOwo4 TIL In 1971, the crew of Apollo 15 carried about 400 unauthorized postal covers to the Moon in order to be sold. Because the astronauts were paid $7000 each even though they returned the money, they were accused of profiting from their mission and never allowed to fly in space again.
Re71 TIL Hitler had a relative called “Paddy Hitler” who ended up joining the US Navy, where, along with all recruits, he had to fill out a form listing any relatives who might be fighting for the enemy.
gde8 TIL that the IRS had to use a special computer to process Bill Gates’ taxes because “their normal computers can’t deal with the numbers.”