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

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kJ9aW TIL the inventor of first machine gun, Richard Gatling thought machine gun would actually decrease the casualties of war by reducing size of armies and so reduce the number of deaths by combat and disease. Also, that terror of such a weapon would discourage war altogether.
a8gmL TIL Limp Bizkit was the last band to perform on the world trade centre, in September 2000, with their music video "Rolling".
xVgKo TIL that Steve Martin was selling guidebooks in Disneyland at age 10
4XOnR TIL blood appears green when at 50 feet or more underwater. This is because all of the red wavelengths in sunlight get absorbed in the first ten or twenty feet or so, but greens and blues get absorbed much more slowly.
wMjM TIL that modern Peanut Butter was invented as a source of protein for people with no teeth