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TIL that Victorian Era doctors would use genital stimulation or manual pelvic massage to induce hysterical paroxysm a.k.a an orgasm to treat hysteria. Eventually devices were invented that took treatment times from hours to minutes. These devices would evolve to become modern day vibrators.

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DQvxD TIL about the Count of St. Germain who was an 18th-century adventurer who achieved prominence in European high society, but nothing is known about him because he kept lying about it. He knew many languages. He was a musical composer and violinist. He knew history, and was an accomplished chemist.
jNQQE TIL Ted Danson wears a toupee when filming.
pYrjG TIL that eating a tiny bit of mom's poop could give C-section babies an immune ‘primer'
VM08k TIL When being sworn in as Vice President, Andrew Johnson gave a drunken address to Congress while Lincoln watched sadly. Afterwards he hid from ridicule at a friends house and Lincoln assured the public he wasn’t a “drunkard”. A month later Lincoln was assassinated and he became President.
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