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TIL Napoleon's penis is in a box in New Jersey.

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ldg5 TIL that for Christmas, Catalan children “feed” a hollowed-out log with a painted face, then later sing a song and beat the log with a stick until it defecates presents. The first line of the song is “Shit, log!”
VMyWk TIL the Inka never developed writing but instead had a system of tying knots called khipu in which the color, direction and structure of the knots communicated different information. While most of it is numerical, fully cracking the code reveal a phonetic khipu alphabet with records of history.
95OM TIL that prior to 1987, babies were given even major surgery, such as open-heart surgery, entirely without anesthesia and post-operative pain management. It was honestly believed that infants couldn’t feel pain.
jNWLj TIL that baseball players have tried to fool base runners into an out by using a fake ball made with a frozen, painted potato. The hidden potato trick has a hundred year history, and was last used in a 1987 minor league game.
xVRLg TIL When she married Charles II of England in 1662, Portugal’s Catherine of Braganza brought tea with her and drank it every day out of habit. Until she arrived, people only drank tea as a heath tonic instead of a social activity.