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TIL that a 2005 Supreme Court decision declared that it is not the duty of any police force in the US to protect citizens, just enforce laws

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X05kr TIL in many Indian religions, which include Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, idols (murti) are considered as symbolism for the absolute but not the Absolute Itself, or icons of spiritual ideas, or the embodiment of the Supreme. It is a means to focus one's religious pursuits and worship (bhakti).
eK1g TIL- that some of the production of Breaking Bad and The Avengers happened on the same studio lot and Samuel Jackson showed up to the set of Breaking Bad dressed as Nick Fury asking to be an extra in the background.
Oon1Y TIL two of the founders of the punk band the Germs were classmates at an alternative high school where they were allowed to create their own class. They created a class for themselves called Fruit Eating in which they would go to a market, eat fruit for an hour, then return to school.
4Eew TIL there was Russian novel published in 1999 which re-tells The Lord of The Rings from Sauron’s Perpective
6xgQ TIL a team sets up a polling booth in an isolated forest in India each election so that a lone priest who lives there can vote, because the Election Commission mandates that no voter should “ordinarily travel more than 2km to reach the booth.”