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TIL the US deported, without evidence of wrongdoing, the father of the Chinese missile/space program

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kJjKB TIL that cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are a member of the order Artiodactyla, which includes deer, sheep, cows, pigs, giraffes, camels and hippopotamuses.
b9B4p TIL there are companies who openly provide clients with hired actors to pose as fans, paparazzi, security guards, and professional paid protesters.
p8BGZ TIL That pencils never actually contained lead, people just called it that cause they thought graphite was a type of lead.
rNJKM TIL of mondegreens, a mishearing of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. The national anthem of the U.S. is highly susceptible to the creation of mondegreens, as "O say can you see" has been misinterpreted as "José, can you see", and "by the dawn's early light" as "by the donzerly light"
6vEl TIL law enforcement and the entire concept of a ‘police force’ is a very new historical concept. Outside of private guards and community vigilantism, policing did not even exist until 1707 in Great Britain - and it was 1829 before police were established in London.