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TIL of Saint Fiacre, the Patron Saint of Proctology and Hemorrhoid Sufferers

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vWLR TIL The US show COPS filmed one episode in Soviet Russia
Mexm7 TIL Hitler practiced for speeches by taking photos of himself making speeches. Hitler was so obsessed with his image that he had photographer Heinrich Hoffman take photos of him making speeches. Despite being told to destroy the photos, Hoffman did not and included them in his memoir instead.
aw6Yy TIL of the kākāpō—a nocturnal, flightless parrot that drags its face along the ground to navigate and has a mating ritual where the male digs a hole in a hill, lays down in it and makes loud noises all night until a female takes interest in him.
KOAdw TIL that Insane Clown Posse were once on a Disney owned record label. On the scheduled day of release for their record "The Great Milenko" however, Disney recalled all 100,000 shipped units upon discovering the graphic nature of the album's lyrical content.
ppkA TIL castration of the male testicles can cause an increase in life expectancy by an average of 14-19 years.