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TIL that from 1910 to 1915, the Boy Scouts of America had a "Stalker" merit badge

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4XZbR TIL about teledildonics. It's where you hook up a sex toy to the internet so you can play with friends over great distances.
b9JM9 TIL During the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, McDonalds ran a nationwide promotion offering free products every time a US athlete won a medal. It turned into their most costly promotion ever when the Soviet Union, the powerhouse team of the time, boycotted the event, letting the USA win big.
4ad5 TIL President Lyndon B. Johnson said of the 1968 Baltimore riots: “What did you expect? I don’t know why we’re so surprised. When you put your foot on a man’s neck and hold him down for three hundred years, and then you let him up, what’s he going to do? He’s going to knock your block off.”
0w7DL TIL a 3 second clip from Bill Wither's "Use Me" was used by Kendrick, Kanye, J. Cole, Drake, Nas, and Logic.
VMYlm TIL- Rapper T.I. not once, but twice has successfully intervened and talked someone down while they were mid suicide attempt.