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TIL people have consumed corn silk to treat gonorhea and to make children stop urinating on their beds

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XpZr TIL That Dexter Holland (Lead singer for the Offspring) is a candidate for a PhD in microbiology
MeN6V TIL in 75 BC, pirates seized a vessel that Julius Caesar was in, and held him for ransom. Caesar was insulted at the ransom, which he saw as too low, and promised to crucify the pirates. At his insistence the pirates raised the demand. After he was freed, he captured the pirates and crucified them.
Ypyrv TIL that more than 2000 baby girls in the US were named Khaleesi from 2014-2018
6AKY TIL: A Scottish man called Gregor MacGregor invented a country called Poyais and earned millions from investors who invested in this non existant country!
QJ4Kk TIL that the USS Arizona had the guns of her #2 turret salvaged, relined and placed upon the USS Nevada. These guns were later fired in anger upon the Japanese at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.