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TIL that prostitutes used to wear vaginal wigs called Merkins to hide their shaved vaginas… And their syphilis symptoms. (Nsfw)

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xVxkg TIL: in 1960s the US government released 87 trillion bacteria into NYC subways in a germ warfare testing programme; it was one of the 239 experiments conducted on US citizens without consent.
woxAW TIL of boxer Billy Graham who held the distinction of not only defeating Sugar Ray Robinson as an amateur, but also of never having been knocked down in 126 fights.
9YORB TIL a recent meme supposedly showing a soldier carrying a donkey through a minefield in World War II was actually taken in 1958 and has nothing to do with minefields.
M7keV TIL southeastern Pennsylvania has several towns with "delightful" names within close proximity, including Blue Ball, Intercourse, Pleasureville, and Fertility
8e04a TIL about the Korean Axe Murder Incident, occurring in the North & South Korean DMZ in 1976. Incensed at US troops trimming a historical tree, North Korean troops attacked, killing two US Army officers. Retaliating with an overwhelming show of force, US troops returned and chopped down the tree.