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TIL that in 2012 the Brighton, CO police department swore in their youngest officer, a 12 year old boy with terminal cancer that had dreamed of becoming a cop.

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7rGGX TIL of the Blue Mustang, a 32-foot tall sculpture of a blue horse at Denver International Airport. It was designed by sculptor Luis Jiménez who was unable to complete the project after the head fell on him and severed an artery in his leg, killing him. His staff and family finished the job for him
1XQX TIL The Japanese planned on declaring war on America 30 minutes before Pearl Harbor but the transcription took too long, however America had already decoded most of the declaration beforehand .
mP6Y TIL there is a huge abandoned fortress 70 nautical miles off the coast of Key West in Florida. Fort Jefferson remains the largest all-masonry fort in the United States and was briefly used as a prison for Union deserters in the Civil War.
Z9L4 TIL that peeing after sex has never been shown in studies to reduce your chance of getting a bladder infection
9YdD TIL that the raw flour in cookie dough, and not the raw egg, was responsible for an e. coli outbreak that led to 35 people being hospitalized