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TIL that the official world record for “Longest Time Spent Masturbating” is 10 hours and 10 minutes. That record was achieved at the 2012 San Francisco “masturbatae-a-thon”.

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JYmXv TIL that not only is there a difference between male and female tanks, with male tanks having, at the smallest, six-pound guns while female tanks have smaller, typically machine guns, but the French had a tank class called ‘dream of virgin’ in French
9wYLG TIL Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, an HBO animated series from 1995-2000. featuring an all star cast. Each episode takes on a classic fairytale set in a different culture. This included a Chinese Little Red Riding Hood, Latino Hansel & Gretel and, Jamaican Rumpelstiltskin.
plEp TIL an inmate was forcibly tattooed across his forehead with the words “Katie’s revenge” by another inmate after they found out he was serving time for molesting and murdering a 10 year old girl named Katie
7ePP TIL In 2004 at the British Press Awards, Jeremy Clarkson punched Piers Morgan leaving a scar above his left eye.
QNyMa TIL that in the world's first novel, the 11th-century Japanese "Tale of Genji", none of the characters are given explicit names. It was considered rude to call people by name, so the characters are referred to using (for example) their jobs or clothing color, which change throughout the story.