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TIL that Judge Judy settled pet dispute by setting the dog free in court to choose his person

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GYA8J TIL that during the Victorian Era, “female hysteria” was a catchall term for many feelings of malaise, including when a woman was horny. Doctors “treated” the ailment by masturbating the women until they reached “hysterical paroxysm”, or as we call it today, an orgasm. [NSFW]
xVveD TIL about Joachim Rønneberg, who at 23 led a team of Norwegian saboteurs on cross country skis on a mission to destroy Hitler's chance at building an atomic bomb
OGkdR TIL that a neutron star can have a mass similar to our Sun but be only about 30 km across. One such neutron star spins at an incredible 43,000 rpm, rotating 716 times each second. This makes it one of the fastest-spinning objects in the universe.
Lk4Mp TIL Before becoming the "Chocolate King", Milton S Hershey made a fortune in caramel.
VBR78 TIL a professional soccer player for the Gabon national team, Guelor Kanga, was called to a disciplinary committee to explain how he was born in 1990, yet his mother had passed away in 1986.