› added 10 years ago

181

TIL of the Skoptsy sect, whose members underwent removal of sexual organs due to their belief that they represented the forbidden fruit and original sin

Read more reddit.com

via reddit.com

d8PgK TIL the "G" in "G-Spot" stands for Gräfenberg, a german gynecologist who studied female sexual physiology.
GAmr5 TIL Vibrators were first developed as a medical device. In the late 19th century, vibrators were marketed and used as medical devices, specifically for treating conditions like female ‘hysteria’ and pelvic congestion.
4XK1w TIL The vast majority of the worlds party glitter is bought by a an unknown cooperation for completely unknown purposes. When a NYT investigated, she was completely stonewalled and was only told that she would never guess it and would not know it was glitter if she saw it in use.
VBdXZ TIL about the Chicago Charities College All-Star Game: Where the NFL Champions play a team of College football Senior All Stars from 1934 to 1976. The NFL teams won 31 times, the College All Stars won 9 games, and two ties.
LkBbp TIL that a group of researchers determined that infinite monkeys probably couldn't write Shakespeare: 'The six monkeys - Elmo, Gum, Heather, Holly, Mistletoe and Rowan - produced five pages of text which consisted mainly of the letter 's'."