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TIL in 1963 Hugh Hefner was arrested for promoting obscene literature after he published an issue of Playboy featuring nude shots of Jayne Mansfield in bed with a man present. The case went to trial and resulted in a hung jury.

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Z8mrp TIL of Efunroye Tinubu, a powerful slave trader in 19th century Nigeria. She was thought to have been so unapologetic and profit minded, she attempted to subvert a British anti-slavery treaty and, after a slave trade went wrong, said she: "would rather drown the slaves than sell them at a discount."
OodnL TIL a town crier needed to be employed in Germany to remind the local populace not to defecate in the river every time its water was drawn for brewing beer
jNYnn TIL that the Roman peoples, or the rather wealthy Roman peoples, consumed an artificial sweetener called Sapa. The sweetener was usually made within lead pots, which led many of the people who consumed it to lead poisoning.
go7X TIL Pope Francis has only one lung.
XWD TIL Pope Benedict XVI was accused of conspiracy to cover up sexual abuse in the United States, but at the Vatican’s request, president George W. Bush Granted him immunity from prosecution