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TIL a 73 year old man involuntarily masturbated in public. This was a manifestation of a disease known as “alien hand syndrome.”

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BrQXb TIL that the guy who invented the lava lamp was a naturist (nudist) whose passion for the lifestyle broke up his marriage. He also founded one of the largest nudist camps in the UK and tried to ban obese people from joining.
p8LmQ TIL that when Buddy Holly married Maria Elena Santiago in 1958, less than 2 months after their first date, his manager advised him to keep it secret to avoid upsetting his many female fans.
e06xn TIL Jeff Goldblum tried to hire a prostitute at the age of 13. He had heard about the red light district so stole $5 from his father and went to pick a girl. On the way to the room, he chickened out.
16nQV TIL during the 2011 Hackleburg tornado, which was a massive, extremely violent, long-tracked EF5 wedge tornado that lasted for 2.5 hours and killed 72 people, a Corvette was thrown 641 feet (195 meters), and another vehicle from a house nearby was never found again. It just completely disappeared.
lox9a TIL Comedian Rebel Wilson has a law degree from UNSW and scored in the 99.7 percentile for her university entrance exams. She once considered becoming a mathematician.