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TIL that Alcoholics Anonymous does not have any organizational hierarchy and has been referred to as a ‘Benign Anarchy’.

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W7p59 TIL the Australian Navy formally enlisted a six-year-old girl in order to give her medical treatment onboard a navy ship; regulations did not allow for civilians to get medical treatment on navy ships. The girl's official rating was 'mascot', and she was 'discharged' after 8 days of 'service'.
BWGD TIL that after major symphony orchestras switched to holding blind auditions, the acceptance (hiring) of female musicians went up as much as 55%
G0k7 TIL that a recent study found that women remember penises as being larger than they really were/are.
R7eE1 TIL that people don't like Jersey's anthem so they sometimes prefer an old one that is about France and doesn't even mention Jersey
NjyE TIL a nude photographer got around censorship by painting an “abstract art” piece which was really a QR code to his original pictures.