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TIL in 2007, doctors treated a one year old boy that had mysteriously grown pubic hair and an abnormally large penis. Investigations revealed the father had inadvertently exposed the child to topical testosterone gel when cuddling him, which had been prescribed to treat the father’s low libido.

d8Ywj TIL that Conan O'Brien paid his staff's (About 80 people) salary from his own pocket during the WGA strike, Later during the Tonight show debacle with Jay Leno He did the same thing again.
ep4A5 TIL: "Oreology" and Oreologist" are actual scientific terms. which studies the flows and fractures of Oreos and whether they can be evenly split in a way that the creme filling is equal. PhD candidates even invented an "Oreometer". The study led people to be familiar with rheology, the actual field.
GYaE1 TIL Systemic Lupus Erythematosus got its original name of Lupus from a 12th century physician, who recognized and named it after the now classic butterfly rash.
0dvKM TIL that every single bus in America must stop at all railroad crossings, open their door and driver's side window and turn down the radio ... all based upon ONE SINGLE crash involving a school bus and a freight train 86 years ago in Utah that left two dozen people dead.
4XeA6 TIL that the creators/directors/writers for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks and Rec, Rick and Morty, Bob’s Burgers, Silicon Valley, Modern Family, The Good Place, and American Dad all got their big breaks on King of the Hill