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TIL in 1971 the Indonesian government began “Operation Penis Gourd” to eradicate the traditionally worn penis gourd and encourage people to wear shorts/shirts instead. Since residents weren’t given changes of clothing or soap, the unwashed clothes caused skin diseases and the program was abandoned.

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EggRW TIL Many civilizations believed that the "tooth worm" existed, a superstition that existed until the 18th century. A cuneiform tablet from the seventh century BCE titled “The Legend of the Worm” tells the tale of the tooth worm, a demon which drinks the blood and eats the roots of the teeth
graE7 TIL That Not only were programs & games once stored on audio cassettes, some of the earliest forms of program sharing & Data transmission were done via radio broadcasts with audio that you would record to a write a program to a cassette tape.
7lQb TIL on September 11, 1857, a group of Mormons dressed up like Indians and massacred about 120 men, women, and children who were traveling through Utah in a wagon train.
wLnDP TIL the third wife of emperor Claudius, Messalina, was so bold that she publicly married another man while Claudius was out of Rome, apparently in a coup attempt against the emperor. Claudius was informed and found his family's heirlooms in the new husband's home. The pair were predictably executed
nWPMo TIL many of the McDonald's Monopoly prizes stay unclaimed. In 2018, 25 million instant food prizes were offered in the United Kingdom promotion, but only 8 million prizes were claimed overall. Out of 20 Mini Coopers offered, only 6 were claimed.