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TIL in 1994, the Surgeon General of the U.S. was fired for saying masturbation is "part of human sexuality, and perhaps should be taught."

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N7EVN TIL about an erotic fetish called vorarephilla. Which is a desire to get swallowed by somebody whole or to swallow somebody or something.
8jna TIL of an old English anecdote claiming that ‘Sirloin steak’ is derived from an occasion when King James I of England, while being entertained at Hoghton Tower in 1617, was so impressed by the quality of his steak that he knighted the loin of beef, which was referred to thereafter as “Sir loin”
1ADW TIL Minneapolis has free wifi that covers nearly 100% of the city.
rRkR1 TIL Howard Ashman co-wrote songs for Disney Renaissance films The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin while dying of complications from AIDS. Beauty’s dedication reads: “To our friend Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul, we will be forever grateful.”
kVNE TIL that bachelor President James Buchanan had a 10 year relationship with a man. Andrew Jackson noted the relationship by calling them “Miss Nancy” and “Aunt Fancy”.