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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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gMD04 TIL the origin of the word person in law is persona in Latin which means an actor's mask, later it was applied to the part played by a man in life, then it meant the man himself. As if to say we can never know the man, but only the part he plays and the mask he wears.
yNDl TIL in 1936, notorious murderer Richard Loeb was fatally stabbed while sexually assaulting a prison inmate. The Chicago Daily News then wrote that Loeb, ‘despite his erudition, ended his sentence with a proposition’.
0dOpN TIL Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed after a pilot made a bet that he could land the plane with the cockpit windows curtained. The crash killed 70 of the 94 passengers and crew.
wLK6E TIL A man in New Jersey went to the emergency room for an open cut on his finger and was charged almost $9,000 for a tetanus shot and a bandage.
l7B95 TIL that the biggest solar installation in the city of Perth (Australia) is at the city zoo. It powers 30% of the site and has panels on top of areas like the parking lot, elephant barn and reptile house.