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TIL that humans glow in the dark, but the light is 1,000 times weaker than the human eye can perceive

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N7BvN TIL Since 2017, when Waymo, began testing self-driving vans in Chandler, Arizona, Police have responded to dozens of calls regarding people threatening and harassing them. People have thrown rocks at Waymos, slashed a tire, chased them, tried to run them off the road and aimed a gun at one of them
xOX7 TIL that in 1954, a covert US operation overthrew a democratically elected government in Guatemala for the benefit of an American fruit company.
a810J TIL That the U.S. Navy and U.S.M.C. will celebrate their 250th birthdays in Philadelphia this October. And why is it being held in Philly and not D.C. you may ask? Because Philly is the birthplace for both! I served in the Navy and live in PA, so I am glad to learn of this great event!
WgMA TIL that Muhammad Ali was invited to North Korea in 1995 with a collection of other athletes. Though he didn’t speak much during the visit, at one function, as officials claimed they could take out the US or Japan whenever they wanted to, Ali declared loudly “no wonder we hate these motherfuckers.”
jN4XM TIL of Joe Petrosino - badge #285 - the NYPD's first Italian police officer. He created the first anti-mafia unit and tipped off the Secret Service about McKinley's assassination, but they didn't act on it.