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TIL Vibrators were first developed as a medical device. In the late 19th century, vibrators were marketed and used as medical devices, specifically for treating conditions like female ‘hysteria’ and pelvic congestion.

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9vp6 TIL a man who was lost in the woods chopped down some power lines so that workers would have to come and rescue him.
M7Jj8 TIL that almost every African country boycotted the 1976 Olympics because of New Zealand – whose rugby team had toured Apartheid South Africa earlier that year, yet was not banned by the Olympic organizers
1apDV TIL that the Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) have their own catering support unit for prolonged incidents called TEAPOT1
j69MQ TIL that Horace Walpole, who wrote what is considered to be the first gothic/horror novel (The Castle of Otranto), was the son of the UK’s first Prime Minister, Robert Walpole.
78N1r TIL New Zealand has the highest per capita consumption of ice cream in the world.