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TIL Mr. Snuffleupagus met the human cast of Sesame Street due to a string of high-profile pedophilia cases. The writers felt by having the adults refuse to believe Big Bird, they were scaring children into thinking their parents would not believe them if they had been sexually abused.

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woj91 TIL that a section of Kuomintang (Nationalist) forces near the Sino-Burmese border refused to withdraw to Taiwan in 1949. They remained in Burmese territory for eleven years, fighting against the government of Myanmar and the People's Republic of China until their final defeat in 1961.
e0pVn TIL for Aprils fools in 2014 Blizzard announced a game called "Blizzard Outcasts" which was played with a controller called the "Fight Stick". The "Fight Stick" had 32 buttons, an in-built credit card reader and an ergonomic design.
wLnVY TIL: Balkan sworn virgins, women who would take a vow of celibacy in order to be able to live as a man in certain Balkan nations. They could wear male clothing, inherit property, and become the head of a household. Women would take the oath to escape arranged marriages and having to bear children.
1adO7 TIL that The Backstreet Boys despite having sold over 100 million records worldwide and being called as one of the world's best selling music artists of all time, have never attained no. 1 position in Billboard Hot 100 chart. They have had no. 1 albums but not any no. 1 single.
W7RZX TIL: Maya Angelou directed one movie - 'Down in the Delta' - a well received film released in 1988