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TIL Warren G Harding nicknamed his penis “JERRY”

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W71w4 TIL that 200 students received "graduataion" diplomas in 2012. Spring Creek High School in Nevada received the misspelled documents from Jostens, which quickly sent corrected diplomas by mail to the students.
gpG4 TIL that when Romania made their ice hockey World Championship debut in 1931, they lost 0-15 to the US. Their captain approached the referee after the game and asked him to write a message on the official game sheet: ”Thank you for playing against us, we have learned a great deal from this game”.
oBGL7 TIL of Dr. Serge Voronoff who dedicated his life to researching animal testicles and developed a treatment to graft monkey balls into humans. This became somewhat popular with millionaires in the 20s as a means to curb aging and other ailments.
8DOG TIL In Russia there is a city called Sverdlovsk, where about 100 factory workers died in 1979 after a filter was removed and not replaced at a neighbouring military factory producing Anthrax spores
OG7Mg TIL Scotland used to have a fine for intercourse outside of marriage. It was called Buttock Mail