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TIL that during court proceedings, Oklahoma judge Donald D. Thompson often used a penis pump, and occasionally shaved his scrotum and urinated in a trash can. He was eventually disbarred, prosecuted, did prison time, and then sued the state to keep his $8,800 judicial pension. He lost.

grWYy TIL in 1988, the experimental group Negativland put out a press release claiming their tour was cancelled due to their music being linked with David Brom's axe murder of his family. In reality, the cancellation was due to lack of funds. This did not, however, stop news reporters taking up the story.
JY9Ym TIL about two little-known places with the world's shortest names. "Å" (population 150) is a tiny fishing hamlet in the Lofoten Islands, a granite chain in north-west Norway, in the Arctic circle, while "Y" is an even smaller French village, with only 29 inhabitants.
XEy6k TIL Honey is the third most faked food in the world, behind milk and olive oil. One importer circumvented $180 million in import duties, the biggest food fraud case in U.S. history. The problem is estimated to impact 33%-70% of the product in America. Some beekeepers are calling it quits.
oBPa7 TIL a study shows that the average male gets bored on shopping trip after just 26 minutes while average woman tires after around two hours
KOw06 TIL Rob McElhenney (Mac from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) intentionally got fatter as the show progressed as a way of fighting the trend of actors on TV shows getting more attractive over time