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TIL That law enforcement officers in many states have their own additional bill of rights

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OGBEX TIL The Vuoristorata, a wooden rollercoaster at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland, is operated by a brakeperson standing at the rear of the train. Designed by Valdemar Lebech and built in 1950, it was the last rollercoaster in the world built using side friction technology.
1aPm8 TIL an Albanian superstition about hiccups is that they occur when someone mentions the hiccuping person's name in conversation. To stop the hiccups, one must say the names of anyone they think talked about them. The hiccups will cease once the gossiper's name is spoken.
kp5 TIL that philosopher al-Jahiz (c. 776-869) was one of the first Muslim biologists and philosophers to develop an early theory of evolution.
QNlWd TIL baby bottles are at least 3000 years old. Egyptian pottery from 1500 BCE depicts women feeding babies with animal horns, and archaeological evidence shows that ceramic vessels were used as early as 1200 BCE to feed babies with animal milk.
kJQG5 TIL a Japanese fisherman lost his boat after the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in 2011. The boat ended up drifting across the Pacific Ocean with other tsunami debris and was found in Canada, where it was repurposed to be used in bear-watching operations. He was reunited with the boat in 2015.