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TIL there is a camp for kids with Tourette Syndrome called Camp Twitch and Shout

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R77Z6 TIL international sperm bank Cryo -- the world's largest -- no longer accepts donations from red-haired men. According to its director, "We have nothing against red-haired donors. We just have too much in stock relative to demand... unlike in Ireland, where redheads' sperm goes like hotcakes."
N7noJ TIL that the first known cat with a name was called Nedjem meaning sweet' orpleasant' and dates from the reign of Thutmose III (1479-1425 BC)
awyNN TIL from the 1960s to 1990s, Pan Am flight attendants were required to be under 130 pounds.
ZnXv TIL Napoleon Bonaparte’s penis was stolen during his autopsy and given to a priest in Corsica. In 1977, a urologist purchased it for $3,000 and kept it under his bed for 30 years until he died. The urologist’s daughter inherited the penis and has fielded at least one $100,000 offer.
jNmMp TIL The lips and trousers' bulge on Victor Noir's grave are noticeably shiny from people kissing and rubbing them. There is a myth that the grave enhances fertility, brings a blissful sex life, or brings a husband within the year. The grave was once fenced in but people protested.