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TIL that prominent Baptist minister Jack Schaap gave public sermons called "A Polished Shaft" that included vivid demonstrations of said shaft-polishing.

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Q8l6 TIL that in 1860 an 11-year old girl wrote to Presidential Nominee Abraham Lincoln, urging him to grow a beard, as “..ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for [you] and then [you] would be President.” Lincoln not only wrote back, but had a full beard by his Inauguration.
gMkA TIL Sean Connery was held at gunpoint, disarmed the thug and beat him to the ground.
neEar TIL The gavel used by the UN President is called "Thor's gavel" as it was gifted to the UN by Iceland's first permanent UN representative Thor Thors
D1VOj TIL that Sylvester Stallone starred in an adult movie much before he became an actor in Hollywood. The movie was called The Party at Kitty and Stud and Stallone was paid $200 for the role. The movie was long forgotten until the director re-released it later when the actor was a big name.
R7yvQ TIL ancient remains of at least 15 humans were found in a chamber in a cave, 80 m from the entrance, only 25–50 cm at its narrowest, and at the bottom of a 12 m vertical drop, in complete darkness and with no evidence of any tools or fire. They were from the previously undiscovered Homo Naledi.