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TIL measles was first described by a Persian physician in the tenth century.

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AdNd TIL a Puerto Rican man was arrested for watching porno feat Lupe Fuentes, who a pediatrician identified as being underage because of her appearance. The porn star flew there from Spain to show her passport and prove she was 19. The man was in jail for 2 months before that happened.
9BJB TIL that in Singapore, during WWII, the Malayan Infantry noticed a troop of Punjabi soldiers marching in a line of four, instead of a line of three as how the soldiers of the British Army would and opened fire, killing several men. The Punjabi soldiers were actually Japanese soldiers in disguise.
OoB4L TIL animals would face trial and execution if they killed humans in medieval times. The state would even pay the costs of a lawyer for the animals.
lo9eN TIL some NASCAR drivers wear diapers, but most don't, as the fibers of a diaper can catch fire, so they go pee pee straight in their racing suits.
Rod7 TIL a doctor in Florida realized the infrared rays he was using to treat bladder disease was also giving women orgasams. He then built infrared technology into a vibrator.