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TIL Police in Anderson, California issued and trained their officers to use nunchucks

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7roNx TIL of Hiram Calder, a man who was discovered on his deathbed to have been born a woman—making him the first biological female to vote in Florida due to his participation in every election
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d8Dwj TIL, George Carlin starred in a TV sitcom eponymously titled "the George Carlin show."
RNg8 TIL Janis Joplin left money in her will for a funeral party - the Grateful Dead performed