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TIL New York City has undercover police cars that look just like yellow cabs, used for everything from catching minor traffic violations to intelligence gathering

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WZ5Y TIL All cellphones with cameras bought in Japan come with camera shuttle sounds that you cannot mute, largely to prevent people from taking upskirt photos of women
worlY TIL despite being known as the highest honor of the U.S. military, the Medal of Honor has also been awarded to foreign soldiers. Following WW1, congress passed a law awarding the honor to the unknown soldiers of Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, and Romania.
GY6Og TIL the difference between a manikin and a mannequin. Manikins are manikins are used to help simulate medical, surgical, or clinical scenarios whereas mannequins are used to show off clothing.
oryo TIL when Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises he tried to ride them
DQJAD TIL red foxes mirroring patterns of domestication. The patterns of skull divergence between urban and rural habitats matched the description of morphological changes that can occur during domestication. Specifically, urban populations of foxes show variation consistent with ‘domestication syndrome’.