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TIL A Seattle businessman founded a sperm bank in 1980 which accepted sperm only from Nobel laureates or ‘accomplished men.’ The intent was to create genetically superior children. Of the 218 children born under the program many are reportedly geniuses at various disciplines.

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rROpx TIL Walter Jackson Freeman II, creator of the "icepick" lobotomy, performed as many as 4,000 surgeries in 23 states despite the fact that he had no formal surgical training. Up to 40% of Freeman's patients were gay individuals subjected to a lobotomy in order to change their homosexual orientation.
j6rkp TIL reheating rice can cause food poisoning.
pNjQ TIL the story of Teddy Roosevelt sparing a bear cub is a myth, he just didn’t want to kill it himself because it was bad sport. The bear’s neck was cut open and they ate its paws that night for dinner with possum.
6jyY TIL in England, after 2 thieves broke into a mans home and made off with his laptop, they inspected the device, found serious child abuse material and went to the cops regardless. The paedophile got 3 yrs in jail. The judge gave robbers a 12 month community service orders in light of their good deed
Q5Oa TIL that NASA funded a project to teach dolphins how to talk which ended in interspecies handjobs and dolphins on LSD