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TIL that NYC Police Officers were formally accused of using an illegal chokehold during an arrest 1,048 times from January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2014 … that’s two complaints filed every three days

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nerx7 TIL that Jonathan James was only 15 when he hacked into the systems of NASA and the United States Department of Defense in June 1999 . Since he was a juvenile, he was charged with 2 counts of “juvenile delinquency” placed under a 6 month home arrest and asked to write apology letters to NASA and DOD
v6P4 TIL That when Wonder Woman first appeared as a member of The Justice Society in 1941, the group made her their secretary.
RY1j TIL There is a physician who can look at a vinyl record and tell what song it is only based on the grooves.
JYAGV TIL Shinee's "Lucifer" was written by Bebe Rexha
dDLp9 TIL The Great Ocean Road in Australia is the world's largest war memorial. It was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932, and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I