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TIL : A man’s brain tumour caused him to orgasm whenever he looked at safety pins.

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P1EDe TIL In 2020, the Polish Chancellery of the Prime Minister added the video game "This War of Mine" (based on wartime atrocities in Bosnia during the 90s) to the recommended reading list in Polish high schools. The first initiative in the world to add a video game to recommended readings in school.
mokv TIL Blackcurrant fruit was banned in the United States in 1911 because the plant carries a disease that affects native White Pine trees. Whole forests were wiped out due to the disease. Because of the ban, not lifted until 2003, the flavor is relatively unknown in the US.
Z84Q TIL that in 1907 Kellogg’s promoted their cornflakes with something called the Wink Day campaign. Women we’re encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” , what they got was a free box of cereal.
OoxN6 TIL Thomas Jefferson and Zachary Taylor (the 3rd and 12th US presidents) were 12th cousins.
V8E0 TIL on May 1, 1969, Mr. Rogers addressed the Senate to argue that $20 million in funding for PBS should not be cut. Sen John Pastore led the hearing and had never heard of Mr. Rogers’ television show. It took just six minutes to convince the Senator from RI that the $20 million was well worth it.