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

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4bWR TIL that Steven Spielberg still gets 2.5% of profits from Star Wars because while visiting the sets of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, George Lucas thought that movie would be a bigger hit than Star Wars. Spielberg disagreed and they both decided to trade 2.5% profit on each other’s films.
kOaDE TIL that 'Chai' means tea. If you say 'chai tea', it literally means 'tea tea'.
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