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TIL that the COO of Riot Games (League of Legends) was suspended for farting in people's faces and tapping their balls in the office.

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8xBK TIL: When Australia removed 1 cent coins in 1992 the coins were melted down and the bronze was used to make the Bronze Medals for the 2000 Sydney Olympics
4XJGg TIL that the same company that made the Rugrats and Wild Thornberrys (Klasky Csupo) were hired by the McDonald’s Co. to make a 6 episode animated series called “The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald”
9E66 TIL of American Revolutionary War hero, Polish general Tadeusz Kosciuszko. After the war, before returning to Europe, he left Thomas Jefferson his will, dedicating his pay and estate to buy the freedom of black slaves and educate them for independent life and work. The will was never executed.
0d7r1 TIL one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world in 1941 had an airframe constructed mostly of wood
9wJXB TIL that in Ancient Rome, oral sex in general was seen as somewhat disgusting...and forcing a man to orally fellate another was an appropriate punishment for adultery