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TIL in Australia “Adult industry workers” can claim tax deductions on the cost of buying lubricant, tissues, and repairing vibrators.

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4ByN TIL of a practice in Afghanistan that has older,wealthier men have young boys dance for them and used as servants and sex slaves. It is called Bacha Bazi which translates to “playing with boys.”
Bg7Gr TIL that the turkey (bird) got its name out of a mistaken belief that it was an unrelated bird species, which was itself also mistakenly believed to come from Turkey.
rMJW TIL that there is an military grade version of Marijuana called dimethylheptylpyran, and it gets you high for 2 days.
4wRo TIL Hannibal Lecter was making a medical joke with his famous “ate his liver with fava beans and a nice chianti” line: three foods that interact negatively with older kinds of antidepressant meds are liver, beans and wine.
Lx4v TIL in Japan they have lactation bars offering human breast milk. 2,000 (18$ USD) yen gets you a shot and 5,000 (46$ USD) yen gets you the nipple.