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TIL John Kellogg, inventor of Corn Flakes and founder of the Kellogg company, worked tirelessly to “reform masturbators” by wrapping their genitals in sharp wire to prevent arousal, burning their genitals with acid to desensitize, and circumcising small boys without anesthetic, among other things

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oRNEL TIL, 14-year-old Caleb Rebh accidentally choked himself to death while working as a scare actor after he had tied a noose around his neck to appear more scarier. While Caleb was struggling to untie the rope from his neck, no one helped him because they thought he was acting.
LkNYP TIL guys who have sex at least twice a week are half as likely to die from heart disease.
VM1BB TIL the USSR had a televised song contest. Since few people had phones, viewers would turn their house lights on if they liked a certain song, off if they didn’t. The state energy company recorded the size of each power spike & reported results to the station to determine votes for each contestant.
e0Nw5 TIL until Victorian times, Father Christmas was concerned with adult feasting and merry-making. He had no particular connection with children, nor with the giving of presents, nocturnal visits, stockings or chimneys.
PY6mw TIL Isaac Newton was so obsessed with religion and alchemy that he wrote far more words on them than he ever did about gravity or optics.