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TIL that the NYPD actively profiles citizens in order to meet “performance standards” aka quotas or else officers get penalized for not having enough “stop and frisk” arrests and summons

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kORD7 TIL the voice actor of Paarthurnax, the good dragon in Skyrim, is also the voice of Mario/Luigi/Wario/etc. since 1990
VBOlQ TIL the Philipp 1866 Copiales 3 manuscript is a cracked 260 year old code that concealed the arcane rituals of an ancient secret order, the Oculists - who were a group of ophthalmologists.
yQAYp TIL Popular drug educator and Youtuber Krystle Cole aka "Neurosoup" was involved in the brutal torture of 18 year old Brandon Green
e6bk TIL when Conan O'Brien was bought out of his contract with NBC, he paid 50 stagehands and crew members who were not part of the deal at least six weeks severance pay out of his own pocket.
Ox0g TIL that our brains have the tendency to start to shut down when presented with ideology different from our own, with less blood being delivered to the parts of our cortex responsible for rational thought, until another statement is presented that confirms our beliefs