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

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A6Od TIL ketchup originated in China as a boiled-down brine of pickled fish and spices called ‘ke-chiap’.
9Y7LX TIL of two neighbor galaxies nicknamed "Akira" and "Tetsuo". Akira is a 'red geyser': a galaxy that has stopped making stars because its massive black hole is stealing gas from a nearby galaxy, Tetsuo, leading to friction and temperatures that prevent gas from clumping together (1million+ degrees)
K0B TIL: One leopard killed 410 people and was hunted down by the same man that killed the tiger with 436 victims. They were active in the same region at the same time.
989B TIL that a toilet was dropped as a bomb from an airplane during Vietnam war
78aYP TIL that Richard Nixon could play the saxophone, clarinet, accordion and violin without knowing how to read music.