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Today I learned that mug shots in the 1800s used to be taken with hands over your chest for extra identification.

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KOpLE TIL of Coca-Cola's failed "Magican" campaign. They sold cans that contained spring loaded tabs to dispense cash prizes. Prize cans contained a foul smelling liquid instead of cola to prevent drinking. Though harmless, one child drank it and Coca-Cola ended the campaign 3 weeks later due to backlash.
VBGxp TIL the movie 'Die Hard' was Alan Rickman's first role in a feature film. Rickman later revealed that he almost turned down the role because he did not think Die Hard was the kind of film he wanted to make
rREK1 TIL that in 2015, the US Air Force bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan for over an hour, and offered $6,000 in condolences to each of the families of the 42 dead.
M7Po0 TIL that if you lived in the UK between 1980-1996, you weren't able to give blood in the United States until the ban was lifted in May 2022 due to fears of transmitting Mad Cow Disease.
JYOVl TIL It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion