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

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a8Or0 TIL Michelin Tire Co. created the Michelin Guide and star ratings for restaurants in the 1900s to boost adoption of automobiles and, by extension, their tires.
6rKX TIL Pineapple contains a substance called bromelain that actually breaks down proteins. If your mouth gets sore after eating pineapple or drinking fresh pineapple juice, it may be because the bromelain started breaking down the proteins that make up your mouth
N71WE TIL Documentary Filmmaker Brian Fogle accidentally discovered the Russian State Sponsored Doping program while making a movie about how to beat doping tests. The movie is credited with helping start the investigation that ended up blocking Russia from competing at the Olympics since 2017
Wkpl9 TIL: The Singing Nun, known for her unexpected 1963 hit "Dominique" left her convent in 1966, recorded a single singing the praises of contraception, entered into a lesbian relationship with a woman 11 years younger than her, and ended up committing suicide with her lover in 1985.
j6K6p TIL that Andrew Sachs who played Manuel in Fawlty Towers, suffered second degree acid burns, whilst filming the episode The Germans, as well as a head injury from being hit by John Cleese with a faulty prop.