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TIL that in the US, SWAT callouts increased from 3,000 in 1980 to over 50,000 in 2006 – and that an estimated 80% of those callouts were to serve warrants on non-violent suspects.

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4kokJ TIL that US airlines are legally required to refund a ticket within 24 hours of purchase, no matter if the ticket type was refundable or not.
VBNa0 TIL that Lionel Messi was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency at age 10, and FC Barcelona agreed to pay for his treatment, even writing his first contract on a napkin.
OAN4 TIL that the English word “black” has the same origins as the French “blanc” and Spanish “blanco” meaning white.
epPX6 TIL “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” features Mount Fuji, being in the “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” series
w1dJ TIL that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the first manuscript of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in three days, and then after his wife’s criticism, burned it and rewrote it again in three days.