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TIL: Butt plugs used to be sold as a ‘miracle cure’ for headaches and acne

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Ypr9d TIL that on older payphones you could tap a phone number on the hook to call someone for free
nvmo TIL After Charles Upham’s 3rd attempt of escape from the Germans in WW2, The guard in the machinegun-tower later told other prisoners that he refrained from shooting Upham out of sheer respect
OoyKY TIL: At the age of 7 and 8, future Argentinian serial killer Cayetano Godino was caught by police beating small children, but he was released and sent home due to his age. However, at age 10, his parents reported him to the police for masturbation, and he was jailed for 2 months for masturbating.
ZYG4 TIL there is an island called North Sentinel Island, and it is home to an small, ancient tribal civilization called the Sentinelese. They are one of the last groups on the planet to be virtually untouched by modern civilization and are known to murder those who get too close to their island.
rRwAo TIL that the plagues of the Middle Ages have made around 10% of Europeans resistant to HIV. These individuals carry a genetic mutation (known as CCR5-Ä32) that prevents the virus from entering the cells of the immune system. The plagues of the Middle Ages played a part in creating these mutations.