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TIL: Between 1952-1960, the British operated 'detention and rehabilitation' camps

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VkdG TIL days after his election, a boy wrote to Pope John XXIII “I want to be a policeman or a pope. What do you think?” John replied, “Learn how to be a policeman… Anybody can be a pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.”
WkPyY TIL that a town called Hot Springs, NM changed its named to "Truth or Consequences" after the host of a radio show called Truth or Consequences made an offer for free publicity of a city if they changed their name to the show's name.
PY1mG TIL that Comedian Dick Shawn died on stage and the audience thought it was part of the act.
J17lv TIL that the Chevrolet Suburban is the longest-used automobile nameplate in the world. It has been around since 1934
JYPQm TIL the earliest born human to be photographed is Conrad Heyer, a revolutionary war veteran who crossed the delaware with George Washington and was born in 1749.