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TIL that the private security at Canada's Bruce Powers power plant got first place 4 times in a row at the US National SWAT Championship from 2008 to 2011

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OGkke TIL-On Halloween 1974, 20th Century Fox released 'Phantom of the Paradise', a campy musical comedy lampooning the tropes and conventions of the horror genre. A year later, the same studio released 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', another campy musical comedy lampooning the same tropes & conventions.
a8vJb TIL The legend of vampires who bite their victims and suck their blood may have developed from men infected with rabies in the 1700s.
7ypX TIL that a real light bulb cartel lowered the average lifespan of a bulb to 1,000 hours in order to boost sales in the 1920s. Their successful work popularized the concept of planned obsolescence.
l70DB TIL that famous pirate Thomas Tew asked his crew for permission to turn to piracy, and in return they shouted “A gold chain or a wooden leg, we'll stand with you!"
R7D41 TIL of Reductio ad Hitlerum, a logical fallacy first mentioned in 1951. It occurs when an argument is said to be invalid because Hitler put forth the same argument.