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TIL that in the middle ages, men who wanted a boy sometimes had their left testicle removed as they believed that the left testicle produce "girl" sperm and the right testicle produce "boy" sperm

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X0pjD TIL of the band band Too Much Joy, who were sued by Bozo the Clown for sampling him in a song, arrested on obscenity charges for covering 2 Live Crew in Florida, and had their frontman detained by the secret service after a joke he made at a concert
neGab TIL that actress Tilda Swinton comes from an ancient Anglo-Scots family that can trace its lineage to the Middle Ages, & is one of only three British families that can trace their unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest
VwdB TIL in 1985 Ryan White was refused re-entry to his school due to him having AIDS. 117 Parents and 50 teachers petitioned for his ban. People even cancelled their subscriptions as White was the paperboy and they believed they would be infected too.
neEDd TIL A passenger was turned away from two flights because he was wearing 10 layers of clothing to avoid extra luggage fees
8avLG TIL Monty Python's Life of Brian was banned in Norway and subsequently marketed in Sweden as "The film so funny that it was banned in Norway"