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TIL that a black police officer faced charges for not investigating racial taunts against himself.

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ANdZd TIL as of 2014, there were ~250 corpses that had been cryonically preserved. Only one cryonically preserved corpse pre-dates 1974
Z8G1R TIL When Mt. St. Helens erupted, it blew and pushed tens of thousands of trees into the surrounding lake. The trees are still there burnt and floating to this day, creating a carpet of dead trees.
OGOZ4 TIL that the Romanian Parliament building, commissioned by dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, was so massive and deeply tied to the national economy that, after the 1989 revolution, the new democratic government had no choice but to continue using it—it was simply too costly and complex to abandon
NZo8 TIL Muhammad ratified a document giving Christians freedom to practice their faith without interference from Muslims.
78mjZ TIL Laurence Olivier hit Maggie Smith in the face so hard she was knocked unconscious during a 1964 production of Othello.