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TIL There is no systematic reporting of violence committed by the police in the US.

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xVo8B TIL: There's a Native American lake named Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. It means "you fish on your side, I fish on my side, and no one fishes in the middle." Located in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, it is known more commonly as Lake Chaubunagungamaug or Webster Lake.
4koMN TIL that in Finnish myth, the World tree in Norse mythology is considered to be an English oak tree that, after it was felled, released its magic to create the universe.
rRxL1 TIL in 2001, a scientist successfully trained pigeons to distinguish between paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Marc Chagall - including paintings the pigeons had never seen before.
7rXXM TIL in 2013, a 9 year-old British girl passed through Turkish customs with a toy passport with gold teddy bears on the front that identified her as a unicorn. Her mother accidentally handed over the passport that the girl had made for her toy unicorn, and the customs offіcer accepted and stamped it
mxyOx TIL that the Tour de France has a team that drives each days route and turns genitals graffitied on the road into owls and butterflies.