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kLmg TIL Deon Francois owes $400/week in child support after his ex-wife stole a notary seal, forged his signature and gained access to sperm that NYU’s sperm bank was supposed to have disposed of. He later sued NYU and the notary for $9 million.
NX6ME TIL Canada became the first country in the world to ban the sale, advertising and import of baby walkers in 2004.
1a7jO TIL of the great escape attempt of Juan, an Andean spectacled bear in Berlin zoo. Juan paddled across a moat using a log as a raft, scaled a wall and then finally appeared to commandeer a bicycle before being shot with a tranquiliser gun.
b6bP4 TIL the only Cheyenne battle chief killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn was called Lame White Man.
PYQ9e TIL that after hearing Is This It by The Strokes, The Killers scrapped nearly all the songs they were working on, with the only exception being "Mr. Brightside"