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TIL Harvey Milk had an ongoing sexual relationship with a mentally disturbed 16-year old boy

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AD4ol TIL of Libertinism, described as an extreme form of hedonism. Libertines put value on physical pleasures, meaning those experienced through the senses. Notable practitioners included Cyrano de Bergerac, Aleister Crowley, Don Juan, and even some people from modern times.
nPZY TIL if Jupiter’s magnetosphere weren’t invisible, it would appear larger than the full moon in our night sky.
Z8JpD TIL The first hybrid car was created over a hundred years ago in 1901 by Ferdinand Porsche.
xYLB TIL that a Spanish woman claimed ownership of the Sun in 2010, using a loophole in the Space Treaty of 1967. Spanish courts validated her claim and she proceeded to charge companies that use solar energy. In 2015 she sued ebay after her account was blocked for selling plots of land on the Sun.
r56W TIL The former Iranian president has returned to his original profession, teaching and now takes the bus to work every day