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TIL The VA for kid Fred in "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo", Carl Steven, died of a heroin OD in prison in 2011 while serving time for armed robberies.

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R5aw1 TIL a man named Forest Fenn hid treasure worth $1-5 million in Yellowstone National Park, for anyone to find.
0wjNj TIL that in 1964 The Beatles helped fight racism by refusing to perform to a segregated audience, one of the first major steps to abolishing the rule
xKnk TIL According to Herodotus a corrupt judge accepted a bribe and delivered an unjust verdict. Cambyses II of Persia had him arrested and flayed alive. His skin was then used to cover the seat in which his son would sit in judgment.
YXRG TIL that some women in Mauritania force-feed their daughters because obesity for women is idealized in the country.
69QbW TIL Once beer or the wine is produced, alcohol is extracted from it to make it non-alcoholic. Alcohol is never 100% removed, therefore both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beers and wines are forbidden in Islam