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TIL that people are 3D printing penises and using NASA technology in sex toys

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59Ek TIL that in Middle Age Britain, the church taught that for ‘Godly Congress’ both the man and the woman needed to produce sperm. The only way a woman could produce sperm was to orgasm. All 'ungodly’ sex was frowned upon, so most sex involved maximum effort to produce a strong female orgasm.
KOXxB TIL sax player (and Keith Richards' best friend) was fired from the Rolling Stones 1973 tour after being found in a bath tub filled with Dom Perignon champagne. Because the cost of the champagne was deducted from his pay and he made no money for the tour.
R5ZG4 TIL In the 1590s, a Spanish admiral made up an entire nation, complete with dozens of fake coats of arms, so that he could claim to be a nobleman and join a fraternity of knights. In doing so, he accidentally popularized the pan-South-Slavic movement, and caused the founding of Yugoslavia in 1918.
m1alx TIL of Clive Wearing whose memory only lasts for about 20 seconds before resetting. He always believes that he has just woken up from the coma he experienced in 1985.
GYQVj TIL - The 1970's children's book "Masquerade" held a real-life treasure hunt for a golden rabbit that ended when somebody cheated to find it.