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TIL in Norse mythology, Loki tied one end of a rope to a goat and the other end around his testicles and began a game of tug of war

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nbRb TIL in 1984 Rick Gibson was given 2 human 10-week-old fetuses which had been dehydrated for 20 years. Gibson rehydrated then freeze-dried them and attached them as earrings to a female mannequin head. The sculpture was titled Human Earrings. As a result, Gibson was expelled from Goldsmiths College.
xVk60 TIL that a First Lady of the United States was a lesbian. Rose Cleveland, served as First Lady for two years until the marriage of her brother, President Grover Cleveland.
PYo5G TIL that Ada Lovelace - a woman born in 1815 was the first to recognize that computers are more than just adding machines. She was co-responsible for the creation of the 'Analytical Engine' and is widely recognized as the world’s first Computer Programmer.
6Eyw8 TIL that debian (a linux based Operating System - Parent of Ubuntu) has its versions named after toy story characters since its initial release in 1996 (code named Buzz after Buzz Lightyear)
Z8MBG TIL that Gordon Ramsay was covered in gasoline and held at gunpoint in Costa Rica while he was investigating illegal shark fin trading for a TV show