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TIL that in Japan, condoms were originally made from tortoise shells or animal horns and only covered the head of the penis. Dutch traders later introduced Japan to ones made out of “fine leather.”

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LkQwd TIL that because of the austerity measures following the war, Queen Elizabeth had to use clothing ration coupons to pay for her wedding dress. She was given hundreds of clothing coupons by brides-to-be to help her, but she had to return the coupon gifts as it was illegal to transfer them.
8jYP TIL Isaac Asimov refused the invitation to visit friend and famed A.I. pioneer Marvin Minsky’s lab at MIT in the 1960s because he was “Writing about really intelligent robots of the future and was sure that if he came and saw the clumsy ones that we were making it would spoil his imagination.”
KOR8a TIL that there’s actually 14 non-quadrilateral flags still in use today
Z8kwp TIL The hospital in scrubs was the hospital used in the office.
ADQGx TIL people used to believe toothaches and other dental problems were caused by "tooth worms" that lived in our teeth and consumed them from the inside out.