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TIL the Canadian Police Department gives out “positive tickets” when they see people doing something positive.

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1VwX TIL that before Guns N'Roses, Slash once auditioned for the band Poison, he decided not to join when he was asked about wearing make up.
Z8Wwp TIL Former US President Andrew Jackson was approached by a man who pulled a gun on him.The man pulled the trigger and shot at him but misfired, he then took another gun out of his pocket and and pulled the trigger but that gun also misfired.Jackson who was 67 at that time then beat him with his cane
P0oJ TIL that pharmaceutical companies spend more on advertising than they do on actual drug research.
epQLL TIL it was custom for soldiers to sing obscene songs mocking their commanders during Roman military parades. One of the songs about Caesar survives: "Men of Rome, lock up your wives—we bring you the bald adulterer! The gold you loaned him here in Rome, he wasted on the whores of Gaul."
awJL TIL Rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard took a limo to cash his welfare check.