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TIL of “fagging”, a practice in British private schools where younger students were required to act as personal servants to senior students (the fag-masters). Sexual abuse was rampant in this system.

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oBXbY TIL Jeffrey Dahmer killed and ate his 17 victims in a one-bedroom apartment, with neighbors barely noticing anything besides the occasional smell of rotting meat in the hallway.
p8Wwp TIL Lidl The German supermarket chain has been involved in over 20 controversies, such as putting additives in meat to avoid salmonella testing, unauthorized surveillance of its employees, as well as being awarded with The Big Brother award for acting almost like slave masters towards its employees.
kJnJE TIL, Robert Todd Lincoln (son of Abraham Lincoln) once provided legal assistance to George Washington Custis Lee (son of Robert E. Lee) in a legal case against the US Federal Government regarding Lee’s family mansion
7N9M TIL the first male sex symbol in Hollywood was a Japanese actor, Sessue Hayakawa. While a student at the University of Chicago, he played quarterback for the football team and was once penalized for using jujitsu to bring down an opponent.
BpaL TIL that at the end of WWII, Canada had the 4th largest air force and 3rd largest navy