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Today I learned there was a man who had 160 lb testicles, was given free surgery to reduce/removed them, and died less than a year later of unrelated causes.

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v1K4R TIL that when the Phrygians were without a king, an oracle at Telmessos decreed that the next man to enter the city driving an oxcart should become their king. An unsuspecting peasant farmer named Gordias drove into town on an oxcart and was immediately declared king.
Gvy4 TIL the Game Boy was only discontinued in 2003.
wlPM TIL some large telescopes use liquid mercury for a reflective mirror instead of glass. The rotating liquid assumes the paraboloidal shape regardless of the container’s shape and has a much lower cost than traditional glass mirrors.
VMwk0 TIL of an infamous bear in 1915 that killed and ate seven people over the period of a few days in a Japanese village, and that in the aftermath of the attacks (and hunting the bear) the village was completely abandoned.
yQ1ml TIL that a minority of people use two spaces after a period and that one space has been endorsed by the Chicago Manual of Style