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TIL that the First Image of an Medieval Chastity Belt was From a Treatise on Siege Warfare and Torture Devices - In Reality, Chastity Belts Likely Never Existed.

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xoO1 TIL that with only one exception, the United States Coast Guard does not award the Medal of Honor because it is their belief that nothing is “above and beyond the call of duty”.
j6JE TIL A doctor was given an award for discovering a new cure for hiccups: digital rectal massage.
e0B5b TIL Comedian Rodney Dangerfield was recognized by the Smithsonian Institution, which put one of his trademark white shirts and red ties on display. When he handed the shirt to the museum's curator, Rodney joked, "I have a feeling you're going to use this to clean Lindbergh's plane."
neY0b TIL: Albert Einstein was Charlie Chaplin's special guest at the 1931 premiere of Chaplin's movie, City Lights. The two became friends, and Chaplin would go on to remember Einstein fondly in his autobiography.
YKnA TIL that all navel oranges are united clones from a solitary tree change that happened very nearly 200 years back in Brazil. All things considered, they might all be considered product of that unique tree, and are all hereditarily indistinguishable.