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TIL that in FY2017 New York City paid $335 million to settle 6,546 lawsuits against the NYPD

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0d9vv TIL about Saint Josaphat (aka Būdhasaf), a legendary Christian saint whose life is based on Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. His life story tells of how Josaphat, a son of an Indian kind that persecuted the Christian Church in his kingdom, converted to Christianity.
gMQjb TIL: Benfords law is a logarithmic graph that can be found anywhere in the world. The IRS even uses it to detect tax fraud.
neexd TIL That in 1930 a man and his 150 year old pet turtle went over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survived the initial fall, to only suffocate after being stuck under the falls for 18 hours. The Turtle survived the entire ordeal.
J1Y6l TIL Cancun was founded by the Mexican government using computer models to find a nice spot for tourists
R7Vvw TIL that the song Jeremy(Pearl Jam) is about Jeremy Wade Delle who walked into class and committed suicide in front of 31 people due to depression.