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TIL $3.8 billion paid in lawsuits and claims over sex abuse allegations in Catholic Church since 1980s.

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kpY1 TIL the inventor of chocolate chip cookies sold the idea to Nestle in return for a lifetime supply of chocolate.
O6oX TIL of a video game series called Deer Avenger. It is a parody of Deer Hunter, but you play as a deer hunting humans.
E1w77 TIL a Belgian mayor hired a DJ to play a music set as a way to drive out some visiting gypsies with loud music. The plan backfired as the gypsies just came out to party, the mayor received international bad press and, since no one had bothered to pay necessary composers’ rights, a 100 euro fine.
YprDG TIL: Inspired by Formula One and Le Mans racing, Tsuyoshi Tahara developed a contest where people race around a 200-meter course on office chairs. This event has become popular over the last decade with many Grand Prix events held in different Japanese cities every year.
VGX8 TIL that, at the age of 100, Fauja Singh broke 8 world records for centenarians in athletics in one day. Singh broke the records for the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, 5000 metres and the mile even though he did not develop the ability to walk until he was five years old.