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TIL Police in the UK have shot dead 5 people in the last 4 years. In the US, this figure is 1600

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kZa1 TIL that the crew of the Apollo 15 moon mission took 398 unauthorised postage stamp covers to the moon with them, with the intention of selling 100 of them to a German stamp dealer who provided them. When discovered, NASA re-assigned all the astronauts involved to non-flight roles.
0PWv TIL after a huge crocodile killed his wife and unborn child, three months later the dude found the croc, paid a blacksmith to make him a spear, took the spear, and battled the croc and killed it.
RxZ1 TIL Pimps wear lots of gold jewelry bought at pawn shops to “re-pawn” for bail money since cash is confiscated upon arrest but jewelry is not
jN91a TIL that the finding of a 1,600 year old bog body in England was confused for the body of a woman who disappeared under suspicious circumstances in the 1960s. This caused her ex husband to confess to murdering her. After analysis revealed the body's age, he attempted to recant, but was still jailed.
yQ40M TIL scientists developed an experimental "universal treatment" for allergies. While still being tested, it works by wrapping allergens in a nanoparticle which sneaks it past the immune system. This helps the body understand it to be harmless. They so far successfully cured mice with egg allergies.