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TIL for charity people do 'Masturbate-A-Thon's?

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9YDQm TIL that comedian Redd Foxx avoided the United States military draft for World War II by eating half of a soap bar before his physical, causing heart palpitations
6EAkl TIL the story of the Good Samaritan is not about the importance of helping people in need, but about how the people we despise can turn out to be heroes.
oBmgE TIL TIL Despite being fluent in Spanish, Wagner Moura (the actor who played Escobar in 'Narcos') went back to college to take Spanish for foreigners, to perfect his pronunciation as someone who speaks Spanish as a first language.
ykJJ TIL an impossible staircase was built inside a chapel in New Mexico in 1878 by what people thought was St. Joseph himself and it’s still there today
D18yg TIL that the words "ton" and "tonne" refer to different units of weight. A British ton, or "gross ton" is 2,240 pounds or 1,016.047 kg. A US ton, or "net ton" is equal to 2,000 pounds or 907.1847 kg. A tonne, or "metric ton" is equal to 1,000 kg.