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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.

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n8eW TIL indoor prostitution was legal in Rhode Island from 2003 to 2009. During those years, reports of rape dropped by 31% and female gonorrhea cases dropped by 39% according to a study done by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
7XBL TIL Häagen-Dazs is a name made up to sound Danish and doesn’t actually mean anything
a89Bo TIL 37 year old Tiny Tim married a 17 year old on the Carson Show in front of 40 million viewers
LkedP TIL Robert Moses at one point held 12 titles simultaneously (including New York City Parks Commissioner and Chairman of the Long Island State Park Commission). However he only held these positions as an appointee. When he ran for governor of New York as a Republican in 1934 he lost in a landslide.
loNvA TIL, Valerian Trifa was the archbishop of Detroit, Michigan that was discovered as an ex nazi who immigrated to the United States.