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TIL that Homosexuality and homo-eroticism in China have been documented since ancient times and were regarded as a normal facet of life in China prior to Western influence from 1840 onward. There was even a matchmaker god for homosexual relationships whose temple was destroyed during WW2.

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VE4Z TIL In the 1500s, they used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery, making you “Piss Poor” if you did it to survive.
MeX50 TIL that when Parker pens entered the Mexican market, their slogan of ‘‘It won’t leak in your pocket and embarrass you’’ was mistranslated and so the ad read: “It won’t leak in your pocket and make you pregnant.”
p877O TIL Paul Rudd tried to recreate the famous Basic Instinct scene while filming Ant-Man with Michael Douglas. The prank did not go as planned, as Michael Douglas looked over and said, 'What are you a f*cking pervert?"
DQvVp TIL Henry Heimlich (who gave his name to the manoeuvre) advocated Malariotherapy; the deliberate infection of a person with benign malaria to treat ailments such as cancer, Lyme disease and HIV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider the practice "atrocious".
mxOpp TIL about Philip Gale, child prodigy that committed suicide at age 19, jumping from a classroom's window. Before jumping he wrote on the blackboard Newton's equation for how an object accelerates as it falls, along with a sketch of a stick figure tossing a chair. He signed it, "Phil was here"