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

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4kBja TIL meth was key to Nazi military strategy, between April - June 1940, the German army received 35,000,000 tablets of meth
5wVk TIL than in 1881 a woman got away with murdering a man who broke off their engagement by using the “hysteria defense,” i.e., a doctor told the jury that “Any virtuous woman when deprived of her virtue would go mad, undoubtedly.” The jury acquitted her in 20 minutes.
OG5wX TIL Indian yellow pigment is claimed to have been originally manufactured in rural India from the urine of cattle fed only on mango leaves and water.
rn90 TIL of a Buddhist monk who was famous for “enlightening” women with sex, referring to his penis as the “Thunderbolt of Flaming Wisdom”.
YE5A TIL that actor John Cazale only ever appeared in five movies, but all five were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. After his death, archive footage of him was used in a sixth movie. This, too, was nominated for Best Picture.