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TIL That when the Polk County, FL sherrif was asked why a suspect was shot 68 times, he replied “That’s all the bullets we had”.

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QJEE TIL Cocoa Puffs and Trix are just Kix with cocoa/fruit flavoring.
Y7GOP TIL that in medieval Europe, the Church’s emphasis on relics led to the practice of furta sacra, or "holy theft," where churches and monasteries would steal each other's relics believed to hold miraculous powers, thus increasing their own prestige and attracting more pilgrims.
XE70P TIL about the Fundamental Attribution Error, a concept that describes how we blame others when bad things happen to them, but blame the external situations when bad things happen to us.
awBvo TIL that Hugh Glass was left for dead after being mauled by a grizzly bear. After regaining consciousness, he set his broken leg, allowed maggots to eat his dead flesh to prevent gangrene, and made his way back to civilization over the course of 6 weeks, surviving on mostly roots and berries .
AEKw TIL that in 2007, Sprint sent a letter to their worst pain in the ass customers and told them that they were waiving the early termination fee and canceling their accounts.