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TIL that the official world record for "Longest Time Spent Masturbating" is 10 hours and 10 minutes. That record was achieved at the 2012 San Francisco "masturbatae-a-thon".

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7bxL TIL the Saudi Royal Family throws lavish sex parties involving alcohol and drugs, despite enforcing strict Sharia Law within their country.
nEkb TIL In 1965 at age 90 and with no heirs Jeanne Calment sold her apartment to lawyer André-François Raffray on a contingency contract. Raffray, aged 47 agreed to pay her a monthly sum of 2,500 francs until she died. Raffray ended up paying Calment >$180,000; more than double the apartment’s value.
GYreQ TIL that Australian Aboriginals had their own indigenous farming and animal husbandry practices rather than being just hunter gatherers, and that their methods were sustainable and tailor-made to Australia's geographical challenges
j6jVX TIL: Roman Emperor Valentinian the Great was one of the most popular emperors due to repelling several invaders, strengthening the borders, and handled the Great Conspiracy in Roman Britain. Unfortunately he died from a stroke while angrily yelling at envoys. Scholars say he got so mad, he died.
6Blm TIL a dentist named Edgar Parker legally changed his first name to “Painless”, when he was accused of breaking a false advertisement law by claiming that his dentistry was truly painless.