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TIL objections to the formation of the first modern police force included: would be used to arrest opponents of government, stop protests and destroy free speech.

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PYQwn TIL an alligator can go two years without feeding by burning fat reserves at the base of it's tail.
b6gYZ TIL Chinese jade burial suits could take up to ten years to make and were ordered well in advance of death. Liu Sheng was known as a man who enjoyed good living and by the time he died in 113 BC his stomach had grown so large that another hundred plaques were added.
e1dn TIL that when the US government renamed a fish species from ‘slimehead’ to 'orange roughy’ it went from being relatively unknown, to becoming a threatened species within a decade.
9Y1Pr TIL: If your mask smells bad to you, you probably need to see a dentist. That's your own breath that you're smelling!
8MeP TIL Bayer lost the rights to the brand names “Heroin” and “Aspirin” as punishment for German involvement in WWI. As a result they are now generalized terms.