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TIL the President of the United States serves as the honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America during his term in office.

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7jjM TIL that after large animals went extinct, such as the mammoth, avocados had no method of seed dispersal, which would have lead to thier extinction without early human farmers.
LYyr TIL that after the capture of a serial killer of children, a police officer found his own daughter tied and gagged in the back of the killer’s van.
GY6QE TIL that many High Schools required boys to swim nude until the 1960s. Girls swam clothed.
dQVj TIL of James Price, a British alchemist who commited suicide when asked to demonstrate his transmutation skills in public
KW8Q TIL: A study found that baseball cards on eBay sold for 20% less if the card was held by a black hand versus a card held by a white hand