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TIL a NASA physician recommended that crew members aboard Skylab masturbate while in space to help with infected prostate glands.

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N7P0N TIL in the late 80s when Tipper Gore led Senate hearings to censor music lyrics against metal and rap bands, the PMRC star speaker was her favorite singer, John Denver. However, Denver stated he was against censorship, ruining their chances to win the legal battle.
6E4El TIL Stalin was hit by a horse-drawn carriage twice as a child, which led to permanent damage of his left arm. This injury exempted him from fighting in WW I where he would have likely died. -
p80YO TIL that male lizards masturbate. Sorry, if this is against the rules.
D1OPY TIL Emmy Noether, one of the most important mathematicians of all time, was denied a salary for 16 years because German universities objected to her being a women.
Wk8lX TIL kitchen sponges you buy from the store are pre-moistened with sterile water to keep them from shriveling up in the packaging.