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TIL that in the 16th and 17th century, erectile dysfunction was a crime in France and was ground for divorce. During those trials, the penis of the accused was observed and described in excruciating detail.

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0vLM TIL that there is an area of forest in Tennessee that is used as a dead body farm to aid in forensic research.
VBkJ0 TIL At the 1829 Rainhill trials John Ericsson and John Braithwaite's Novelty was the fastest of the locomotives, traveling up to 45km/h, but a series of breakdowns led to George and Robert Stephenson's slower but consistent Rocket winning the prize.
jNl7R TIL that Unicorns appear in the KJV Bible 9 times due to the translation of an ambiguous Hebrew word.
kOLj1 TIL at least 749 American servicemen were killed in England, April 1944, during large-scale rehearsals for D-Day. Rumoured 450 friendly fire deaths were followed the next day with 749 deaths by attacking E-boats. The incident was under the strictest secrecy and was only nominally reported afterwards
oBVw7 TIL that in 2004 nearly one-third of the adult male population of the Pitcairn islands was convicted of child sex assault, even the mayor. His son, the current mayor is also a convicted sex offender. Another mayor who served in between them was convicted for possession of child pornography.