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TIL that during the 2016 Dallas police shooting, officers used an bomb disposal robot armed with C4 to kill the shooter, which is the first time in history American police have delivered lethal force via a unmanned vehicle.

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8eBbP TIL that Montserrat's official capital, Plymouth, has been abandoned since 1997 when it was destroyed by an eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano. Since then, the de facto capital has been the town of Brades. Montserrat is the only territory on Earth with a ghost town as its capital.
4Xggo TIL Charles Manson completed 150 hours of Scientology auditing before declaring the religion "too crazy"
YpR07 TIL Rodents Are Feasting On Newer Cars' Soy-Based Wiring Insulation
KOoAa TIL that in 2015, New York City went 12 days without a reported homicide. It was the longest streak since the NYPD began recording statistics with a computer program in 1994. The previous record was 10 days.
N7Oge TIL in 2003, North Korea suggested several symbols which were included in international Unicode, later becoming emojis. They requested ☕ to mark tea houses on maps and ⚐ & ⚑ for military battles and victories. They also requested ⬆, ⬇, ⬅ (but no right arrow), ☔, ⚡, ⚠ and ⏏.