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TIL in the 1920s, a man falsely claiming to be a doctor implanted goat testicles into people across the US as a cure for all diseases. He was condemned by the AMA and media, but ran for governor of Kansas in 1930, narrowly losing after thousands of votes for him were questionably disqualified.

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P1x1e TIL that sandwiches were invented by John Montagu in the town of Sandwich, England. Montagu invented sandwiches as he was so obsessed with gambling that he usually didn’t have time to sit for a meal, so he often ordered his valet to bring him a piece of meat tucked in between two pieces of bread.
6vj7 TIL Hamburg, Germany has plans to divert most cars away from its main thoroughfares and connect pedestrian and cycle lanes in what is expected to become a large green network. The plan plan envisions “eliminating the need for automobiles” within two decades.
JwaV TIL that African soldiers fighting against the Japanese in Burma during WWII appropriated and manipulated the rumors that they were cannibals. To demonstrate this, soldiers pretended to eat the ‘meat’ of fallen soldiers so that remaining survivors would flee in fear
awXwZ TIL of "The Family Shakespeare", a 19th century version of Shakespeare's works that attempted to edit them to make them suitable for children. Very popular during the 1800s, it is now widely criticized as an example of literary censorship.
jNnan TIL Coconuts managed to migrate to the Caribbean by floating across the ocean