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TIL Police dogs in most countries are sworn in as actual officers with badge numbers.

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9PD7 TIL The scene in the breakfast club where they all talk about why they were in detention is completely unscripted
loMrG TIL that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was expelled from the University of Colorado Boulder in his first year for hacking the university's computer system and sending prank messages through it.
p87PQ TIL a bald eagle nest was found in Florida that was "6.1 meters deep, 2.9 meters wide, and weighed 2,722 kg (almost 3 tons)"
Ovwe TIL J.R.R. Tolkien started the Hobbit while grading examination papers. He found a blank page in one of the exams. Suddenly inspired, he wrote the words, “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit”.
NX0X1 TIL about actor Doug McClure, who was the inspiration for The Simpsons' character, Troy McClure. McClure's daughter said that while watching an episode of The Simpsons, Doug saw the character Troy McClure on the show and said, "Are they making fun of me?"