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TIL the Pinkerton Detective Agency, once the largest private law enforcement organization in the World ,famous for their Hunting of Outlaws and Strikebreaking, still exists and operates today.

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oRW7 TIL the highest BAC every recorded is 1.480%…and the guy was driving
neQo7 TIL in the Middle Ages there was a belief animals understood the concept of morality and possessed rationality. They were summoned to court, put on trial for a variety of offenses, and given the same punishments as humans. Lawyers defended pigs, rats, and sheep. Even flies and slugs faced judgement.
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