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TIL that a NY police officer was admitted to an asylum for uncovering wrongdoings within the police

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nWvP TIL Sega used the line “The more you play with it, the harder it gets” to sell the Genesis.
PKLn TIL that 3 people tried to inform PepsiCo about the secret formula of Coke-A-Cola. Pepsi then informed Coke, and the FBI.
rjBe TIL in 2007, a nine-year-old Jack Russell Terrier named George sacrificed himself to save five children from an attack by two Pit Bulls. All three dogs had to be euthanized, but George was posthumously awarded a PDSA Gold Medal and his heroism was commemorated with a bronze statue.
WEw4 TIL A 16-year-old Xhosa girl had a vision that to defeat the British soldiers the tribe should kill all the cattle and destroy the crops. Tens of thousands died in the resulting famine
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