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TIL that a Guerrilla Public Servant Forged an L.A. Freeway Sign to Help People Avoid Getting Lost

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OkAe TIL When Frank Zappa filled out his son Dweezil’s birth certificate, he put up “musician” for father’s religion.
mYbO TIL there’s a website called freerice.com that asks you vocabulary questions, and donates 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme for every question you answer correctly.
e6QD TIL testosterone increases by 200% when genital skin is exposed to the sun
OGyQe TIL Radium-Nutex Condoms from 1927 were marketed using the contemporary popular belief that radium, thought to cure ailments and boost energy and could enhance sexual performance. However, these condoms contained no radium.
wEpo TIL there has existed, since 1997, a patent for a supposed cure for AIDS, patent #5676977.