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TIL there is no evidence that Victorian doctors gave women orgasms to cure hysteria or that they invented the vibrator to help with this task

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Z8k8B TIL: The USSR had a four-part process for subverting other countries, and spent 85% of its time and budget on psychological warfare, as described by a defector. The over 25-year process included phases of demoralization, destabilization, crisis, and normalization.
rN10d TIL In 1945, a mere 5 percent of France’s homes had a private, indoor bathroom
lO5G TIL of Melvin Dummar, who in 1976, claimed a man left an envelope containing Howard Hughes’ will on the desk of the gas station he managed. Dummar was named in it and stood to inherit $145 million. No other will was ever found.
WkJLL TIL that in German tramp stamps are called "ass antlers" aka Arschgeweih
k79E TIL that Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom, is also the Queen of Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.