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TIL A man had surgery in order to give himself a ten pound penis

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vP16D TIL that the given (first) name of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (the Japanese Admiral who devised the attack on Pearl Harbor and much of Japan's success in the first part WWII) means the number "56" - his father's age when Isoroku was born.
AD7A7 TIL A man named Jacob DeHaven lent $450,000 to the Continental Congress to rescue the troops at Valley Forge and the government never paid it back. So his descendants took the US to court to collect $141.6B in today's dollars. They were unsuccessful.
JYVLv TIL some food banks and food pantries accept produce donations. If your garden produced too much, Ample Harvest can provide you a list of local food pantries that will take your excess.
X0nbR TIL the submachinegun the Australian forces used during WW2 was designed by a 16 year old boy in 1931. During the gun's life, its reliability earned it the nickname "Digger's Darling" by Australian troops. It remained a standard weapon of the Australian Army until 1971.
Z8ERp TIL Dolly Parton is the only person to have been given The Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.