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TIL that in 2011 the head of the American College of Surgeons was forced to resign after he wrote a Valentine’s Day editorial touting the mood-enhancing effects of semen on women during unprotected sex, which was completely supported by the research he cited in said editorial.

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Ox6Y TIL a graduate chemistry student tried to get high by synthesizing MPPP but accidentally made MPTP instead, which gave him permanent symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease.
ne7P7 TIL In 1675 in Torsåker parish in Sweden, 71 people were beheaded and burned in a single day. Accused were picked by two boys pointing fingers at people bearing "an invisible mark".
J1QN1 TIL: The United States Bowling Congress since 2018 has been accused of corruption and conflict of interest as the newest president enact new policies behind closed doors, handpick executives, conduct secret negotiations with ball manufacturers, and redesigned the league rating system.
X0JXE TIL that chicken McNuggets (introduced nationwide only in 1983) come in 4 shapes: the bell, the bow-tie, the ball and the boot. McDonalds states "The 4 shapes we make Chicken McNuggets in was the perfect equilibrium of dipability and fun. 3 would’ve been too few. 5 would’ve been, like, wacky."
JpM1 TIL a 18C. astronomer went to India to see a Transit of Venus. Delayed, he missed it, but decided to stay for the next one, in 8 years. The second try was clouded out. 3 years later he returned to France to find he’d been declared dead, his wife had remarried, and his estate was gone