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TIL New York City paid $500 million to settle claims against its police department over just five years

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8rLZ TIL Hafthór Björnsson (“The Mountain” from Game of Thrones) broke a 1,000-year-old record by carrying a 30-foot, 1,433-pound log for five steps
E165V TIL an alcoholic court stenographer in Manhattan repeatedly typed I hate my job instead of documenting speech during cases
KGbR TIL that Ben Affleck is banned for life from playing blackjack at the Hard Rock Casino in Vegas ­after security officers busted him counting cards.
NO1b TIL that in the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, residents of Sendai received 10-30 seconds and Tokyo 60 seconds warning from Japan’s Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) system before the major seismic waves hit. Alerts pushed to cellphones, TV broadcasts and web pages around the country.
a8jWZ TIL that the average 18th-century French worker spent half his daily wage on bread.