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TIL the story "the vibrator was invented by doctors for giving female patients orgasms to treat hysteria" was a myth.

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DQOJv TIL People sometimes resort to amputating limbs to prevent the spread of infection. Woodworm ants, specifically C. floridanus, have also been observed to do this. They will gnaw off an injured leg of a fellow ant in order to save the other ant's life.
BvWd TIL that there is a strong correlation between the display of middle initials and positive evaluation of intellectual capacity and social status.
7rXPP TIL: That only in 1992 we confirmed there are planets beyond our solar system.
Z8EB4 TIL that ostriches must eat rocks and sharp things to help them digest their food, and those rocks never come out when they poop. Instead they get worn down by the food. And if ostriches don't eat rocks, glass, or other sharp things, they will die.
pmdN TIL that in late 2007, a street in Central London had to be shut down due to reports of a chemical weapons attack. It was actually a Thai restaurant cooking up hot sauce.