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TIL New Zealand trialled anonymous testicle checks, which involved booths with a glory hole style hole for a doctor to stick his hand through and feel your testicles.

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wLDXM TIL that since the 1970’s, the NYPL’s Theatre on Film and Tape Archive has preserved live theatrical productions of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theatre productions.
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