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TIL Steven Tyler has a fundraiser set up for abused girls despite having abused a 14 year old girl himself.

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69da8 TIL Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor cleared 6 feet when he was 14. He cleared 7 feet when he was 16, and is the only human in history to jump 8 feet. His best jump of 8 feet 1/4 inch (2.45 m) has been the world record since 1993.
BlwK TIL that Robert Plant donated money to a radio station that promised to never play “Stairway to Heaven” again
4rQX TIL an Air Canada passenger flight took a detour and dropped from 37,000 feet to 4,000 feet to help find a stranded yacht off the Australian coast. It took the passengers 25 minutes after the emergency beacon was activated to locate the yacht.
mxmvx TIL that the couple from the Vancouver Riots kiss photo stayed together and sleep under a giant poster of the picture.
69er7 TIL that serial killer Carl Panzram was so intent on being executed that he personally sent death threats to anti capital punishment activists trying to stop his execution