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TIL that (till as late as) 17th century Europe, Nannies commonly used masturbation to put their young male charges to sleep.

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mxrLO today i learned not to pepper spray myself in the face
rN644 TIL passing high frequency sound waves through a liquid results in the formation of imploding microscopic bubbles that can be used to clean the inside of submerged objects in a process known as an ultrasonic bath
grX4W TIL Hunter S. Thompson started QAnon’s Adrenochrome Quackery
x0w7 TIL in 2014 a cat saved his young owner from being attacked by bullies. After they teased the boy outside his home and shoved him to the ground, the cat ran out, jumped on the ringleader’s chest and hissed until they fled in panic. The cat then slept outside the boy’s room every night to protect him
Z8bDQ TIL, Alice in Wonderland was once banned in China, "Bears, Lions and other beasts cannot use human language"said the governor of the Hunan province in 1931. "To attribute to them such a power is an insult to the human race"