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TIL that US courts have ruled that police departments can refuse to hire someone considered to be ‘too smart.’

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ZGJG TIL that even though the Hindenburg was inflated with 7 million cubic feet of highly flammable hydrogen gas, it had a smoking room behind airlock doors.
dDal9 TIL Mel Gibson is actually American and moved to Australia as a young boy and eventually decided to stay in Australia for good. I always asummed he was an Australian that did an amazing "American accent"
Ypa7P TIL: Cavemen had tattoos. Ötzi the Iceman from 3250 B.C. had 61 tattoos across his body.