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TIL a clinic in Cape Cod once offered a coupon for a free pizza as part of their March Madness Vasectomy promotion, so men can watch the basketball games while on couch rest and get a free pizza

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Qrye TIL there was a Roman Emperor named Pupienus, pronounced “Poopy Anus.”
LQd5Z TIL that wycinanki - a Slavic version of the art of papercutting - became a popular folk craft in Poland in the mid-1800s. It is said to have originated with shepherds, passing time in the fields by cutting designs out of tree bark and leather, which were then used as decorations or given as gifts.
VBVWQ TIL There is only one gun store in the entirety of Mexico. It's inside the headquarters of the Secretariat of National Defense
gMYR7 TIL that the European colonial powers used indentured workers from India as cheap labor after the end of slavery
wLgOP TIL A concerned person walked by a house and heard a man shouting "why won't you die?" with a child screaming inside. The police were called. This triggered a full police response. It turned out he was trying to kill a spider.