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TIL in 2013 some people posing as cops and robbing citizens in Detroit turned out to be cops going around robbing citizens in Detroit.

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LEpP TIL “Killing Season” is a British medical term used to describe the time around August, when the newly qualified doctors join the National Health Service
xVbe7 TIL that before a key battle in Alexander the Great's campaign in Persia, the Persian king offered Alexander generous terms for peace. One of Alexander's generals is said to have remarked: "I would accept the terms, if I were you". Alexander responded: "So would I, if I were you". He won.
8eLDb TIL about someone who predicted a merger and brought the relevant domain and now wants to sell it and fund his education. He is now being sued.
v06L TIL, pharmaceutical companies pay their competitors to not make generic forms of their drugs so they can continue to charge more to consumers.
EovW TIL at one point in GoldenEye’s development, reloading your weapon was going to be triggered by removing and reinserting the N64 Rumble Pack as if you were removing a magazine on a gun.