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TIL that in 2009, Chicago Police Department went retraining because of one teenage boy impersonated a cop and worked full shift

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b9nya TIL that the reason mint feels cold is due to it containing menthol. Menthol activates the same receptor (TRPM8) that detects cold temperatures, so the brain will interpret it as something cold.
GYyg1 TIL Microsoft added the “hotdog stand” theme to windows 3.1 as a joke.
kObBW TIL The Dominican Republic has gone through 39 constitutions, more than any other country, since its independence in 1844
E1VZp TIL about the Three-Fifths Compromise, where slaves were counted as 3/5 of a citizen. The Southern states wanted more seats in Congress than they might achieve with only white people, but counting them as equal would be plainly hypocritical, since slaves did no have the rights of free people.
eVBn TIL in “127 hours”, the camcorder used by James Franco in the film was the actual one Aron Ralston used when he was trapped in Blue John Canyon.