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TIL jailers used to have keys that doubled as single-fire guns as a last resort for self defense.

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N7kdE TIL that there is a 29.97fps frame rate, because when color TV was first introduced, the color data couldn't be included without increasing the bandwidth, so instead they decided to remove one frame from the video every now and then to free up data.
4XRDR TIL Pets can be allergic to human especially cats, just like we can be allergic to them.
l7x7G TIL there was an alleged mental disorder during German hyperinflation that caused patients to write endless rows of zeros.
kOrM7 TIL when the territory of Wyoming applied to join the US, congress told them they'd have to stop letting women vote. Their response was "We will remain out of the Union one hundred years rather than come in without the women”. In 1890 they joined as the first and only state to allow women to vote.
VXGB TIL Karl Rove dropped out of college 4 times