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TIL that, in October 2012, Boy Scouts of America was forced to release 20,000 pages of documentation on 1,200 cases of child sex abuse. They had allegedly been helping to cover up about 1/3 of those cases.

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aRvJ TIL that the song “Barbie girl” by Aqua sparked a 5 year law suit between Mattel and the recording studio MCA Records, which the judge concluded with saying: “The parties are advised to chill.”
QJr56 TIL that dogs can suffer from PTSD, and even experience flashbacks of traumatic experiences.
w1KP TIL there was a tortoise that hung out with Charles Darwin and later, Steve Irwin.
5YR8R TIL Kaiser Wilhelm II had a series of birth defects, most notably a withered left arm. Treatments for his arm include: salt water sprays, cold compression, electric shocks, stretching, and putting the arm into a fresh animal carcass (Queen Victoria thought this was a bad idea).
9YGQQ TIL Kermit the frog first appeared on a show circa 1955 called Sam and Friends.