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TIL that Thomas Jefferson proposed a bill that punished male rapists with castration.

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XEnE6 TIL The first known use of "toast" as a metaphorical term for "you're dead" was in the film Ghostbusters (1984), in which Bill Murray's character declares, "This chick is toast", before attacking the villain. The earliest known printed account is from The St. Petersburg Times of Oct. 1, 1987.
DMGD TIL It has been 50 years since Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with motor-neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Hawking’s condition was first diagnosed when he was 21, and he was not expected to see his 25th birthday.
rR48x TIL that the Turkey bird is named after the country with the same name in English, while in Portuguese it is called ‘Peru’, in Arabic it is Deek Rumi ('Roman Rooster’), in Polish it is 'Indyk’ (after India), and in Turkish itself it is 'Hindi’.
v1k6L TIL Richard Nixon composed a piano concerto, and played it live on the Tonight Show in the 60's
Lk8Rm TIL That one month in lunar terms is called a "moonth' as it takes 29.53 days to orbit the earth