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TIL in the US police get as low as 672 hours of training, while New Zealand the next lowest Western country requiring at least 1924 hours of training. And a lot of countries require 4500 hours of training.

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Ryo6 TIL Jax & Daxter was the first seamless 3D world in a console videogame, and was subsequently given a Guiness World Record. Grand Theft Auto III, released 2 months prior, had loading between islands.
BMXK TIL Roald Dahl helped create a cerebral shunt initially designed for his son, and has helped over 3000 children across the globe
XElDk TIL Groundhog Day took its repeating time idea from an Oscar Nominated short film starring Kurtwood Smith called 12:01. The writer of the original story almost sued the producers of Groundhog Day but decided against it.
yQ8RM TIL the shot in Jurassic Park where the cup of water vibrates, heralding the arrival of the T-Rex, was actually an extremely difficult shot to get right. They eventually got it by feeding a guitar string through the car, down to the ground and someone plucked a specific chord to get the effect.
4XLxa TIL that a moment was a medieval unit of time that corresponds exactly to 90 seconds