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TIL That the police have no duty to respond to or protect citizens from crime. And this is codified by The Supreme Court!

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4kK0b TIL The deadliest aviation accident in US history was American flight 191 at O'Hare Airport in Chicago in 1979. The DC-10 passenger plane crashed just after takeoff, killing all 273 people aboard. The FAA promptly banned all DC-10s from flying in US airspace pending investigation.
4LJ5 TIL that after filming the freeway scenes for The Matrix: Reloaded, the film makers, instead of disposing of the set, chose to donate it, in pieces, to charity in Mexico to be turned into low-cost housing.
V588 TIL that the FBI might pay you 10,000$ if you rat out people who point laser pointers at planes.
Zp56B TIL That Cadbury Chocolate Has a Football Team
Eg0lx TIL that John F. Kennedy's patrol boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. After a 3-mile swim to an island, he and his crew survived on coconuts for 2 days. Rescued by two islanders, their message etched on a coconut shell became a paperweight on JFK's desk.