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TIL about the LASD( Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department) deputy gangs

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rRQP0 TIL blowing a "raspberry" derives from the Cockney rhyming slang "raspberry tart" for "fart".
oRBaE TIL Giuseppe Morello was founder of one of the first crime families in the United States. Morello was originally from Corleone, Sicily and his crime family was notorious for disposing of victims by putting their dismembered remains in barrels, sometimes shipping the barrels to nonexistent addresses.
R7ED7 TIL that from 1943-45, British military pilots were issued "escape boots". If they had to bail out over enemy territory, a concealed knife in one boot cоuld bе used to cut away the upper section, and convert them into "ordinary" shoes, which would help the airman pass himself off as a civilian
b9l4j TIL that the LEGO company is the largest tire manufacturer in the world
wN48 TIL that Pitbull tried to promote his energy drink by promising to go to the Walmart that received the most likes. As a result, he was sent to Kodiak, Alaska, a city that only has around 6,000 people.