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TIL as many as 38% of rape victims are male.

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Zv8R TIL that in response to being booed by Brooklyn Dodger fans during a ballgame, future manager extraordinaire Casey Stengel came to the plate with a sparrow tucked beneath his cap. Turning to the crowd he tipped his cap and out flew the sparrow, effectively giving the crowd “the bird”.
R7Yb8 TIL British suffragettes used toffee hammers to break windows as part of their successful protests for women voting
EgAX TIL Jackie Kennedy undertook a historical renovation of the White House that sought to replace the cheap furniture bought by the Trumans with pieces of WH historical furniture. She famously asked the Eisenhowers to give back the Washington era China they had taken home after leaving office.
Wkkd4 TIL Steve-O was nearly mauled by a lion while shooting one of the one of the first Nintendo Ds commercials
QNk4X TIL that The Lion King was intentionally modeled after Shakespeare’s Hamlet.