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TIL that the Australian Classification Board has the power to ban small breasted pornography

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awVEJ TIL that Michelangelo's painting "The Last Judgment" features naked men kissing one another and one man being dragged to hell by his testicles. Scholars believe the homoerotic figures were inspired by male prostitutes in baths and brothels that Michelangelo frequented in 16th century Rome.
LlLp TIL NASA plans to lasso an asteroid and drag it to the moon for astronauts to walk on.
GQ44 TIL: That two student journalists proved the innocence of a man 50 hours before he was due for execution - saving his life and resulting in the real killer’s confession.
rN744 TIL that in ancient Rome, there was a method of birth control where women would use silphium, a plant that was so effective it was harvested to extinction.
5Qr8 TIL: Terry Fox, a 21 year old one-legged cancer patient, ran 3,339miles across Canada in 143 days before dying. He ran the equivalent of a full marathon every day and was the youngest person ever named a Companion of the Order of Canada.