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TIL of Officer Norem. He responded to a call about a suicidal man trying to jump over the overpass fence into the traffic below. Noren grabbed the guy’s leg and refused to let him go - even when the suicidal man took out a knife stabbed Norem several times, he still held on until help arrived.

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j8WQ TIL that in 2013, more Americans were killed by toddlers than Terrorists
wLoe8 Everybody knows not to shine laser pointers in your eye. They could damage your vision! (Emphasis on could, since your eye’s blink reflex would probably protect your retina.) But what if you were an evil villain determined to make a death ray? How many laser pointers would it take to create a deadly weapon?
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geK9 TIL in the 1980’s, a one letter typo cost the Yellow Pages $10 million when they misprinted a travel agency’s advertisement for ‘exotic vacations" as “erotic vacations”