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TIL police are using a medical diagnosis not recognized by the AMA or APA, to explain deaths while in custody.

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b9o8E TIL if you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy 1000 copies (1,500 if a children's book) and distribute them to libraries throughout the country.
R7mw4 TIL in 1954 the obninsk nuclear power plant near Moscow was connected to the electrical grid, becoming the world's first nuclear power plant to produce electricity industrially.
KOPm9 TIL that sliced bread originated in a small Missouri town called Chillicothe.
8yda TIL of Robert Smalls; an escaped slave who captured and sailed a Confederate ship to the Union with 8 enslaved families, including his. He was awarded today’s equivalent of $34,000 for commandeering the ship, won a seat in the House of Representatives, and purchased his former slavemaster’s house.
1507 TIL George Lucas gets paid every time you see an ad for the Motorola Droid. Because “Droid.”