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TIL that President Roosevelt kept a pet badger in the White House

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0wewN TIL so-called "Son of Sam" laws are designed so that criminals are unable to take advantage of the notoriety of their crimes. Such laws often authorize the state to seize money earned from deals such as book/movie biographies and paid interviews and use it to compensate the criminal's victims.
Brgxx TIL that the clementine was discovered by a missionary Catholic priest who served in French Algeria
X0ewk TIL South Australia Police used to have a mounted camel unit as there was no other effective way to patrol the vast central deserts. The last mounted camels were retired in 1951.
oRBnY TIL of MLB player Oscar Gamble. Perhaps one of the things he is most known for is saying “They don’t think it be like it is, but it do”. This quote was about the Yankees’ circus-like atmosphere and disorganization, and has been called one of baseball’s immortal lines.
1a18P TIL ketchup originates from the Chinese word kôechiap, for"fish sauce", which British traders made popular in the West by importing it from Asia in the 18th century; only afterward did tomatoes replace fish as ketchup's main ingredient