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TIL Mao Sugiyama from Japan hosted a public banquet where he served his penis to 5 people who paid $250

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e0pkD TIL that after Taylor Swift began following a blog written by a mom whose young son died of cancer, she wrote and released a song about the boy that hit #1 on the charts and Taylor donated 100% of proceeds to cancer charities
5YQ0Q TIL the actress Elizabeth Shue's older brother was swinging from a rope over a pond when the rope broke. He was impaled on the branches of a tree and died while his siblings watched helplessly.
yZKV TIL there was an ancient highly sought after Roman spice called ‘Silphium’ that was so valuable and desired that it was worth its weight in silver coins; however, this demand led to its over-harvesting, which is thought to have contributed to its eventual disappearance and extinction by 68AD.
8exV TIL there was a shrine so old in Ancient Rome that even the Ancient Romans couldn’t remember the meaning of it.