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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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e88k TIL King Tut was so insignificant as a pharoh that the Egypyians forgot where they buried him and accidently built another tomb on top of his. That’s why his wasn’t looted like every other known pharoh’s tomb.
1apjd TIL in 2014 a Chula Vista firefighter attending the scene of a road accident was arrested by a California Highway Patrol officer for blocking the road and failing to move his firetruck. The firefighter later sued the CHP for wrongful arrest.
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