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TIL of Serge Voronoff, a French surgeon that was known as the "monkey gland man". He claimed to rejuvenate his patients, transplanting the testicles of executed criminals into millionaires, turning to using monkey testicles when supplies ran low. Over 500 men were treated with his technique.

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bjX9 TIL that the “mystery” flavor of Dum Dums lollipops is the result of the end of one batch mixing with the beginning of a new batch instead of stopping production to clean the machines
y6Bl TIL that a Chicago man bought a car in his ex-girlfriend’s name and - after the breakup - abandoned it, illegally parked, in O'hare airport. The car then accumulated over $100,000 on 678 parking tickets, which the city asked the ex-girlfriend to pay.
grLX9 TIL in 1969, Hungarian gastrophysicist Nicholas Kurtis, with the newly available microwave oven, created a reverse baked Alaska consisting of a frozen meringue shell filled with hot liquor he called the "frozen Florida".
oRNg7 TIL that the famous author Thomas Pynchon has avoided publicity during his fifty-year career to the point that almost all known photos of him are from the 1950s. However, he voiced himself in two episodes of The Simpsons, where his dialogue consisted entirely of puns on the titles of his books.
GY56j TIL a Disneyland guest attempted to pull the entire "Excalibur" sword from the stone (displayed in front of the "King Arthur Carousel") when his friend said he'd win a prize if he pulled it out. The man succeeded in breaking off the top portion of the sword.