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TIL - The Royal mail has its own Police force which is the oldest recognised criminal investigation force in the world.

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Oo5AR TIL that olives are essentially inedible when picked. It takes an extensive curing process for them to become edible, with no history of how an inedible fruit became such a popular fruit.
Ja4k TIL that a one-eyed man was executed for bestiality in 1642 in Connecticut after a local sow gave birth to a one-eyed piglet
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