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TIL a 61 y/o man fist fought a bear and won

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m1ZlY TIL about the final episode of the TV show Howdy Doody. To save money the three different actors who played Clarabell the clown over the 13-year run were not allowed to speak, but communicated through mime and a horn. The series ended with Clarabell looking into the camera to say "Goodbye, kids."
1x1D TIL that an 18 year old was sentenced to 17 years in prison for statutory rape, his consensual underage partner was male. If it had been a girl, the maximum sentence would have been 15 months. He served in prison for 5 years until the Kansas Supreme Court ordered his release.
mxYlO TIL that, in the 1850s, baseball had different rules in Massachusetts than it did in New York. Under the Massachusetts rules, you could throw the ball at a runner, and if you hit them, they were out.
1Og8 TIL that a study revealed that 20% of worker ants in colonies contribute nothing and are considered “Lazy Ants”.
ddaQ TIL: a brutal form of execution in ancient China, the Waist Chop, was outlawed after a victim survived long enough to write the Chinese symbol for “miserable” seven times in his own blood.