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TIL: Saad Abe was a famous Geisha, who after 2+ hours of intimacy and erotic choking, killed her lover, cut off his penis and balls and began carrying them around until her arrest and practiced necrophilia as she stated she loved him. The judge in the case admitted to being aroused by the story.

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g7QW TIL: Katrin Himmler, grandniece of SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, has NOT refused to have children to end her great-uncle’s bloodline. She believes the idea of good or evil being passed through bloodlines is itself a reflection of Nazi ideology.
GYe41 TIL that in Switzerland, applications for citizenship are decided at the municipal level. Hence, if your neighbors find you annoying then they can vote to deny your citizenship.
78ExO TIL there is a brand of Sake called Nagasaki that looks suspiciously like a bomb.
W7R7X TIL The Spanish Empire developed a long-term plan to conquer Ming dynasty China in the 16th century called Empresa de China which involved converting the entire population to Christianity and intermarriage between Spaniards and the Chinese people.
OGD44 TIL there's a professional league for pillow fighting - The PFC.