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TIL around the time of "Chinatown", Jack Nicholson found out his "sister" was really his mother, and his "mother" was really his grandmother.

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KY8OR T​IL about James Graham​, ​a 18th century Scottish sexologist, who treated patients at his 'Celestial Bed', a canopied "wonder-working edifice" covered in musical automata, fresh flowers & live turtle dove​s, and which stimulated couples to conceive with oriental fragrances and celestial sounds
MegRm TIL in Japan, you can hire a handsome man to show up at your place, watch a sad video with you until you cry, then wipe your tears for you.
Ry77 TIL the Harris hawk is the only raptor that hunts in packs. Their strategy is similar to that of wolves.
W5po TIL that from 2005-2010, Prague had a brothel where men paid a one-time $23 fee, and women and couples entered for free. The catch was that their exploits were filmed and streamed online to paying customers.
08mA TIL that smallpox is the first and only disease that has ever been eradicated. Smallpox now only exists in high security labs in Russia and the US. Vaccinations played a major role in achieving this eradication.