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TIL They are
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TIL that in 1981 DC police ignored repeated 911 calls and allowed 3 women to be raped. The womens resulting lawsuit was dismissed, setting a precedent that the police have no duty to assist, even if the emergency dispatcher says help is on the way.
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TIL of Mustapha Khaznadar, an ethnic Greek abducted and enslaved by the Ottomans as a child, who later went on to become Prime Minister of Tunisia. He was one of the most influential people in modern Tunisian history.
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TIL that the WW2 weapon the Bazooka was referred to as such because of its resemblance to the instrument played by 1930s Comedian Bob Burns.
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TIL coffee beans are actually seeds from a fruit called the 'Coffee Cherry'.
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TIL before becoming famous as a member of Monty Python's Flying Circus, animator Terry Gilliam provided voices on two albums by Frank Zappa: Freak Out! (1966) and Absolutely Free (1967)