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TIL That Brazil has a Testicle Mascot called Mr Balls to raise awareness for testicular cancer

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woY TIL Israel kamakawiwo'ole (deceased singer of “Over The Rainbow”) was the 3rd person in Hawaiian history to have the flag at half-staff and his coffin placed inside the state Capitol building in Honolulu after his death; the other two people were politicians.
yOeX TIL Jimmy Carter has severed his ties with the Southern Baptist Convention in protest of their treatment of women
LkxWZ TIL that the reason Mr. T wore so many gold chains and jewelry was because customers would lose the items or leave them at the night club where he worked as a bouncer. He would stand outside the club wearing the items in case a customer came back looking for them so that he could return the items.
x9X0 TIL that after police officers in Rialto, CA started wearing cameras, public complaints against officers plunged 88%, and officers’ use of force fell by 60%.
Br77e TIL One of the oldest children’s lullabies was found on an ancient Babylonian tablet, believed to be from around 2,000BC. Rather than being soothing, it instead has a menacing tone. In it, a baby being is threatened with punishment for disturbing the family god with its crying.