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TIL Only 10 Scouts earned the Invention merit badge, which required obtaining a patent for an invention. It was discontinued in 1915, and is the most rare badge.

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Meb1B TIL that all mammals, regardless of size, take approximately 12 seconds to defecate.
Bg6kk TIL the film American Pie (1999) was originally given an NC-17 rating and only secured an R rating after the infamous apple pie scene was edited down.
poMe TIL The guillotine remained the official method of execution in France until the death penalty was abolished in 1981. The final three guillotinings in France were all child-murderers.
pvQG TIL In Wisconsin in 1907 a mother spanked her child who had dynamite in his back pocket, exploding him and tearing her fingers off.
P4Bw TIL Iron Maiden wrote a song based on Dune, the classic sic-fi novel. The band initially wanted to name the song “Dune”, but were met with the following message upon requesting permission: “Frank Herbert doesn’t like rock bands, particularly heavy rock bands, and especially bands like Iron Maiden”.