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TIL the USMC once used a modified version of DOOM to do simulation trainings

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E1V4X TIL that lie detectors are a complete hoax, they don't work at all, but the police still use them. The police are aware that they don't work, but use them to get the defendants to plead guilty.
nWdBd TIL - On 29 August 1916, the armored cruiser USS Memphis, while at anchored near Santa Domingo, was struck by large waves, estimated at 70ft (21m) in height. The waves drove her onto the rocky shore damaging her so badly she was stricken and sold for scrap.
MXB8 TIL in 1930 a hockey goalie caught fire during a game when a puck hit a pack of matches in his pocket.
VMPxD TIL Insulin shock therapy was used as treatment for schizophrenia. Scientists believed it could jolt the brain out of mental illness or induce the restoration of the normal function. In reality the treatment caused brain damage and a "loss of tension and hostility" that was viewed as therapeutic.
e0gdJ TIL The US postal service has a law enforcement arm made up of officers who carry firearms and have arresting powers