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TIL Larry Flynt considered buying the Playboy Mansion for well below the $200 million asking price in 2016. However, the deal fell apart as Flynt's Hustler company would not accept the condition that Playboy boss Hugh Hefner must be allowed to continue living at the site after the sale

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aw5J0 TIL when olympic organizers found condoms on the roofs of housing for athletes in the Seoul Games in 1988, the Olympic Association outlawed outdoor sex in the olympic village.
OQW1 TIL that in WWII, the US Army asked Americans to loan their dogs to the war effort. The dogs’ handlers even sent letters home to their owners for Christmas and to inform them of their dog’s performance throughout the war.
dZwE TIL John Kellogg, inventor of Corn Flakes and founder of the Kellogg company, worked tirelessly to “reform masturbators” by wrapping their genitals in sharp wire to prevent arousal, burning their genitals with acid to desensitize, and circumcising small boys without anesthetic, among other things
EbMo TIL a man in the United Kingdom was so fed up that his city wasn’t repairing potholes, he went and spray painted penises on them, earning him the nickname “Wanksy”
xO90 TIL Standing like a Superhero for as little as two minutes changes our testosterone and cortisol levels, increases our appetite for risk, causes us to perform better in job interviews, and generally configures our brains to cope well in stressful situations.