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TIL there is a biker club that shows up to court with child abuse victims to make them feel safe.

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XEJlr TIL during the middle Ages saffron was so expensive some traders would try to increase their profits by bulking up the herb with yellow marigold petals. When authorities in Nuremberg, where the herb was mainly traded, found out about these tainted parcels of saffron, the traders were burned alive.
OQ1e TIL: Emil Krebs was a “polyglot” and mastered an incredible 68 languages
D5XP TIL that Washington state has a mutual combat law that makes it legal for two parties to fight so long as the rules are decided ahead of time. The most famous use was when a real life superhero and a vandal had a consequence free fight in front of two cops.
gM857 TIL the same voice actor plays Andy in all three Toy Story films, despite the 11 year gap between Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3. Andy literally grew up with the rest of us during those movies.
RBZ1 TIL Adolf Hitler kept a life-sized portrait of Henry Ford next to his desk