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TIL the carmaker Jaguar used to be called "SS Cars." They changed their name after World War II.

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b0m4 TIL I learned that only 5% of British police are authorised to use firearms. A 2006 survey of 47,328 Police Federation members found 82% did not want officers to be routinely armed on duty, despite almost half saying their lives had been “in serious jeopardy” during the previous three years.
w7Jo TIL Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Jimi Hendrix all died within 10 months of each other, all of drug-related causes, all at 27 years old
X8EQ TIL the British royal family refused to flee London during the Blitz, instead choosing to endure the horrific bombings and support the common people during a time of crisis. The Buckingham Palace suffered 9 direct hits, and the royal family earned adoration and respect from across the country.
QeZX TIL That killing an opposing boxer in the original Olympic Games resulted in the dead boxer being declared the winner
9wAG6 TIL In 1953, US Air Defense Command tracked a UAP in restricted airspace over Lake Superior. A Northrop F-89C Scorpion was scrambled to intercept the UAP. The F-89 simply vanished from radar once it engaged with the UAP and never returned. Zero of the wreckage or pilots' remains were ever recovered.