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TIL that Hawaii is the only state within the U.S. that does not have a state police, state patrol, or highway patrol.

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X01g8 TIL first two subway stations in the United States were the Boylston and Park Street stations in Boston, which opened in 1897.
KO5rw TIL in 1945, a bill was introduced to make nurses eligible for the draft because of the increased need for nurses during WWII. The bill failed, but more nurses ended up enlisting due to debate over the draft and due to the creation of simpler recruiting methods to help with the nurse shortage.
wr96 TIL in 1973, a nurse in India was reduced to vegetative state after she was choked with a “Dog Chain and sodomized” by the hospital’s sweeper. The convict served 14 yrs sentence, while she still continues to be in the same state after 42yr. Supreme Court declined plea for euthanasia by an activist
0wGly TIL President Truman, on the advice of his physician, started his morning with a shot of bourbon, followed by a large glass of orange juice.
BgJdx TIL that the Men in Black are an allegedly real phenomenon