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TIL Japanese Yakuza used to implant glass “pearls” in their penis for every year they served in prison.

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ZEoD TIL Instead of sending labor over to China or Bangladesh, manufacturers have chosen to forcibly employ up to 2.4 million incarcerated people in the United States. Chances are high that if a product you’re holding says it is ‘American Made,’ it was made in an American prison.
b9WQ7 TIL The second person to survive going over Niagra falls in a barrel, Bobby Leach, later died after slipping on an orange peel
OoXN4 TIL William Moulton Marston, creator of Wonder Woman, was polyamorous. His inspirations for the character were his wife Elizabeth, and their partner Olive.
R7gZw TIL that Mythbusters were going to do an episode which highlighted the immense security flaws in most credit cards, but Discovery was threatened by, and eventually gave into immense legal pressure from the major credit card companies.
nWDjb TIL Queen Alexandra, Queen consort to King Edward VII, wore high collars and chokers to conceal a neck scar, and walked with a slight limp caused by rheumatic fever. Her style and popularity were so influential that women began copying the 'Alexandra limp' and chokers became highly fashionable.