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TIL While Michelangelo was painting the Last Judgement, Papal MC Biagio de Cesana spied on his work. And complained that it was not worthy of the Sistine Chapel. In response Michelangelo painted Biagio into the fresco, as the depiction of Minos being dragged to Hell with a snake biting his penis. NSFW

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TIL Philadelphia Cream Cheese is produced in New York, and always has been since it was invented by William Lawrence in 1872. He named his company Philadelphia to market off of the city's reputation for high quality dairy products.

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TIL Because infants are born with underdeveloped nervous systems, the medical community had a general misconception that newborns couldn't feel pain. Due to that belief and the risks involved, neonatal surgery was commonly performed without anesthesia. This practice continued until the late 1980's.

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TIL While Michelangelo was painting the Last Judgement, Papal MC Biagio de Cesana spied on his work. And complained that it was not worthy of the Sistine Chapel. In response Michelangelo painted Biagio into the fresco, as the depiction of Minos being dragged to Hell with a snake biting his penis. NSFW	11549
TIL Philadelphia Cream Cheese is produced in New York, and always has been since it was invented by William Lawrence in 1872. He named his company Philadelphia to market off of the city's reputation for high quality dairy products.	1736
TIL Because infants are born with underdeveloped nervous systems, the medical community had a general misconception that newborns couldn't feel pain. Due to that belief and the risks involved, neonatal surgery was commonly performed without anesthesia. This practice continued until the late 1980's.	1