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TIL that in some cities police officers were required to wear a camera in order to document their interactions with civilians. In these areas, public complaints against officers dropped by 88%

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yQOXe TIL modern studies do not show any association between saturated fat and higher risk of death for any reason (cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke, etc.) but they do show up to a 34% increase in death associated with unsaturated industrial plant oil-based fats such as margarine
wo6NE TIL this is the song the James Bond theme was based upon
6E0RQ TIL TV executive Fred Silverman got the inspiration for Scooby-Doo's name from Frank Sinatra's hit song "Strangers In The Night." The syllables "doo-be-doo-be-doo" can be heard at the end of the song. Silverman used Sinatra's improvisation to help name the cartoon canine.
9wJ5X TIL darker skin people need more sunlight to make vitamin D. One experiment where a light skinned person was in sunlight for 8 hours saw their vitamin D concentration go up by 50x while a dark skinned person saw no change. They needed 5-10 times the sunlight length and then only saw a 30x change.
jNMYa TIL Sushi is the vinegared rice, not the raw fish (or other) that comes when you order it.