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TIL in 2009, a 14-year-old boy showed up at a Chicago police station in uniform and worked 5 hours of a shift. He allegedly got a police radio, ticket book and rode with an officer for several hours before his identity was realised. He knew procedure due to a "police explorer" program he’d gone to.

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j69vM TIL Moon Trees: There are trees growing on Earth today that were grown from seeds that orbited the moon aboard the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. These “moon trees” are found in parks across the U.S.
b9wZQ TIL that 400 copies of Metallica's "Ride The Lightning" album were accidentally printed in green instead of blue in France. These rare misprints are now considered collectors items.
neA0P TIL the U.S. National Quiet Zone is 13,000 sq. miles where radio-emitting devices, including microwave ovens and most radio broadcasts, are illegal except for certain military and scientific purposes. It has also become a haven for people claiming to suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
J1w7V TIL that the actor Lorne Greene, later known for his roles on 'Bonanza' and 'Battlestar Galactica', first achieved fame as a Radio Newscaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during the early days of WWII. He became known as 'The Voice of Doom" because of the grim news he often reported.
LXV TIL that the Times New Roman typeface was commissioned by The Times [of London] in 1931 after they were accused of being “badly printed and typographically antiquated”.