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Godefroy & Co. marketed an "Insurance Corset, against [...] onanism", preventing the wearer from suffering a slow and miserable death.

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Jaqueline Foroni, born in Italy in 1779, had both male and female characteristics In 1802 her body was examined by a scientific committee.

Chang and Eng Bunker, famous conjoined twins from Siam, were exhibited to the public in Amsterdam in June 1836.

One of the earliest printed depictions of a fountain pen, invented by Daniel Schwenter.