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TIL that the G-spot is named after Dr. Ernst Gräfenberg who claimed to have discovered a region in the anterior vaginal wall that was particularly sensitive to tactile stimulation

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b9E6Z TIL Pee Wee Herman got arrested for rubbing one out in a movie theater
kOjDd TIL Miners would inhale aluminum powder to coat their lungs and "prevent" silica based diseases, resulting in many suffering from ALS today.
XEej TIL In 1998 a Japanese reality show locked a naked man in an apartment until he won one million yen worth of prizes through mail-in magazine contests. He was there for over a year.
VMmgB TIL in the 40's hundreds of Guatemalans were infected involuntarily with syphilis by Johns Hopkins University, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and the Rockefeller Foundation. A court case is underway to this day on behalf of 444 victims resulting in 83 deaths.
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