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TIL that the practice of binding the feet of girls in China was believed to make sexual intercourse more pleasurable.

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KOn6B TIL Cyprus was going to host the first particle accelerator in the Middle East, but ministers chose to spend the money on hosting the Miss Universe pageant instead.
loYYa TIL of Terry Marsh, who legally changed his name to "None Of The Above X" and ran for parliament. He is also a professional chessboxer.
0wY9M TIL Police in Anderson, California issued and trained their officers to use nunchucks
1aJN7 TIL that Neil Armstrong carried a piece of the Wright Flyer with him to the Moon.
YGxd TIL of Burton Joseph, a Jew who representing the ACLU, defended the right for Neo-Nazis to march through Skokie, IL—a community where 1 in 6 residents were Holocaust survivors—because he believed in freedom of speech.