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TIL British policemen used to wear their uniforms at all times - even when not on duty

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epg65 TIL in March 1849, an enslaved man named Henry Brown shipped himself to freedom in a 3-foot by 2-foot crate from his master’s home in Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, earning himself the nickname “Box”
awjBN TIL about Mike the Chicken. A chicken that lived for 18 months without its head. It died by getting a kernal of corn stuck in its throat.
ZJja TIL that the Amish use air-powered tools for everything, including pneumatic blenders, sewing-machines and table-saws.
negV7 TIL that after recording "Cool Cat" with Queen, David Bowie had requested that his vocals be removed from the track just days before it was released publicly because he was "disappointed with his performance".
XER1D TIL that in 2012, a uk couple jokingly invited Queen Elizabeth II to their wedding. She stopped by and said hello