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TIL Police officers are blue because they were originally surplus US army uniforms after the civil war

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0ENp TIL Supposedly haunted locations share a similar low-frequency sound that can cause fear and panic in humans
JYQ1j TIL about the film Wild Bill Hickock, made in 1923, which was the first film to portray Wyatt Earp, the famous gunslinger. The real Wyatt Earp was still alive, and served as a technical adviser for the film.
J1w81 TIL of the U.S. Navy's Nasty-class fast patrol boats, which were Norwegian-designed and used for covert operations during the Vietnam war
n0P9 TIL Al Pacino boycotted the 1973 Academy Awards because he was insulted at being nominated for Best Supporting Actor in The Godfather, noting that he had more screen time than his co-star and Best Actor winner Brando
p8lbZ TIL “Pop goes the Weasel” is about booze. Pop is English slang for pawning and weasel is for a suit. The Eagle was a London pub. “Up and down the city road, in and out of The Eagle, that’s the way the money goes, pop goes the weasel” means drinking until you need to pawn things to buy more booze.