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TIL that a Missouri man was charged for a second time 'trying to have sex with a train seat'

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x64x7 TIL of Panilo (Hawaiian cowboys). After cows were introduced to Hawaii in 1793 their population grew to the point of being a dangerous nuisance. King Kamehameha III, impressed with Mexican Vaqueros seen during a state visit, invited some over to teach the Hawaiian people to manage cattle and ranches
g554 TIL that 54% of the troops who landed in Normandy on D-Day were British & Canadian
W7J4o TIL on February 9, 1964 the Beatles performed for the first time on Ed Sullivan. Around 73 million viewers watched their performance which, at the time, was the most-watched program in American television history. From there the Beatles domination of the music market began.
75DM TIL of the Rotherham child sex ring scandal wherein at least 1,400 children, mostly white girls aged 11–15, had been sexually abused between 1997-2013 by predominantly Muslim men. A scandal known to the local government, but never acted upon for fear of allegations of racism
ANxPg Today I learned that the original version of "The Three Bears" didn't have a girl named Goldilocks visiting a family of bears, but rather an unnamed old woman visiting three adult male bears who happened to be different sizes.