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TIL that the first British ocean-going iron warship deployed and operated in China during the first Opium War

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1JRW TIL Pope Benedict IX was Pope three times, sold the papacy, was the first resignation, and had homosexual orgies in the Lateran palace
v7J7 TIL there was a tradition in Norway, Denmark and the Faroe Islands where a girl would knit a “willy warmer” (also known as cock sock) to their boyfriends to see how seriously he took their relationship. If the gift was rejected, it was seen as evidence that he was not ready for marriage.
pYJ5N TIL that in The Shawshank Redemption, when Morgan Freeman’s character is asked “why do they call you Red?” and he responds with “maybe it’s because I’m Irish”.
gm6b TIL The Jarawa People of The Andamans Islands are 100% Oriental Asian, express genes only found in Japanese and Tibetans, and are said to look like Asians did 40,000 -80,000 years ago - Jet black skin, short stature, and wiry hair. The Jarawa peoples had been in absolute isolation until 2002.
jyZR TIL that on this day (Sept 26th) 1960, John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon went head to head on TV. More than 60 million Americans tuned in to watch the first-ever televised debate between the two candidates running for the White House.