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TIL "Hands up don't shoot" never actually happened in the Mike Brown case. The DOJ investigation found that Brown was shot while charging at the cop, after beating him & reaching for his gun

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Eg5Zw TIL that in 2004, 1/3 of the men in the Pitcairn Islands were accused of assault. Their defense rested on the fact that British sovereignty of the islands was illegitimate, as the colonists were descended from Royal Navy mutineers. A new Court had to be created specifically to have jurisdiction.
PYNvL TIL that tonnage of air-conditioning is the amount of heat it removes in an hour. 1 Ton AC can remove the heat enough to melt 1 ton Ice in 1 hour.
WkBXB TIL that a dry seasonal riverbed can be called a wadi
94wm TIL HAL Laboratory named that way because each letter put them one step ahead of IBM
oROgo TIL A music video was made for Bee Gee's "Night Fever" in 1978, but not shown to the public until 26 years later, in 2004. It shows them singing in a darkened studio, layered over background video filmed while driving along Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and many places shown no longer exist