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TIL that Mark Twain gave a lecture on Masturbation in which he poked fun at those who shunned the practice by making up quotes such as, “Homer, in the second book of the Iliad, says with fine enthusiasm, “Give me masturbation or give me death!”

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vPbP4 TIL three Custer brothers and one nephew all died at the Battle of Little Big Horn, Lt Col George Custer, Double Medal of Honor recipient Capt Thomas Custer, Boston Custer, and nephew Henry Reed.
5Y0wP TIL about the ancient Hambach Forest of which only 10 % remains. The remaining part is planned to be cleared to make way for the surface coal mine operation in the area. There have been ongoing protests and occupations in the forest to prevent this since 2012
wLR01 TIL The 45th POTUS's grandfather made his initial wealth by opening a dead horse meat tent restaurant, and brothel, for miners during the Gold Rush in Canada, and the only reason he was in America at the time was because he had been banished from Bavaria for fleeing military conscription
oBoLK TIL the first driving game to license a real car was 280 Zzzap which featured a Datsun 280 Z.. It was released in 1976 in arcade cabinets and the Bally Professional Arcade home console and Datsun subsequently released a Zzzap edition 280z.
E0mx TIL When 14-year-old George Stinney was executed in the electric chair he was too short for the chair so he used his Bible as a booster seat.