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TIL That fetuses have been known to masturbate in utero. In 1987, Dr. Israel Meizner published a paper on his observations of a fetus appearing to masturbate over the course of 15 minutes.

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x6yl1 TIL people who smoke about 1 cig/day have about 40-50% of the excess risk associated with smoking 20/day (heart attack and stroke)
oRYOr TIL that heirs to the throne of the Ottoman Empire were kept under house-arrest in the "Cage" from puberty until death (or becoming sultan), and it was common for a new sultan to have his brothers killed, including infants, sometimes dozens at once, to reduce the number of claimants to the throne.
ANbd TIL that the march ‘Here Comes the Bride’ is from an opera where the marriage is almost an immediate failure, and the piece is sung just before several wedding guests are murdered
5Y41D TIL that Sony needed military export permits from the Japanese trade ministry for the export of PlayStation 2s. The PS2 was so good at processing high quality images quickly that the Japanese government believed it was possible to adapt it for use in missile guidance systems.
wL8k8 TIL that a man who had severe allergy, intentionally infected himself with hookworms after he read that parasites might cure allergy. After he got infected by walking barefoot in latrines, the worms actually treated his allergy. He later started to sell worm eggs on the internet.