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TIL there used to be an anti-masturbation device with teeth used to treat nightfall.

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Ypebx TIL Naim Süleymanoğlu (AKA The Pocket Hercules) is the 1st and only weightlifter to have snatched 2.5 times his body weight, and the 2nd of only 7 lifters to date to clean and jerk 3x his body weight. He is the only weightlifter to date to clean and jerk 10 kilos more than 3x his bodyweight.
9JLm TIL that the oldest known tortoise of modern times lived for 256 years, from 1750-2006. This unfortunately makes him the oldest virgin ever known with no records of his progeny.
1aVBX TIL that after nesting, Australian magpies will just start attacking people. Due to the bird being a protected species, people have gotten creative in finding ways to protect themselves.
Lo7Q TIL A Taiwanese man collapsed and died from playing Diablo III for 40 straight hours.
jNdDX TIL of Eva Kotchever, a Polish-Jewish lesbian émigré. Operating a lesbian tearoom in New York City, she ran afoul of the law and was deported. She died at Auschwitz.