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TIL that the first documented case of child abuse was reported to an animal welfare organization, for lack of a better resource. Which means that animals had welfare rights in the US before children did.

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OoKx1 TIL the creator of Keeping Up with the Kardashians was none other than Ryan Seacrest.
976X TIL Plastic dishes can’t absorb enough heat to evaporate water, which is why the dishwasher dry cycle doesn’t work on them
dkP8 TIL a lot of shelters won’t allow black cats to be adopted around Halloween, out of fear that they might be sacrificed or tortured during rituals.
7r5gM TIL former President Harry S. Truman started his mornings with a 5 a.m. shot of Old Grand-Dad bourbon that — in Truman’s words — 'got the engine running.' He accompanied his morning whiskey fix with toast, eggs, bacon, and milk.
pYg4 TIL Captured British soldiers were once executed by having their mouth pried open, and peed into by village women until they drowned.