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TIL that Chrysler owned Lamborghini from 1987 until 1994

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nWpmo TIL that a basketball player, Boban Janković, frustrated with his fifth foul, slammed his head into a padded concrete post, leaving him unable to walk for the rest of his life.
XEXdk TIL the Peelian Principles, developed by Sir Robert Peel in 1829, express an approach to policing based in the idea that police exercise their powers to police their fellow citizens only with the implicit consent of those fellow citizens
oB5yW TIL prosecuter Vincent Bugliosi admitted he used a DA investigator to stalk his former milk man, believing him to have slept with Bugliosi's wife. Instead of being fired, Bugliosi was given the Tate-LaBianca murder case.
Y7vev TIL that the acronym RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship. Originally, it was "Royal Mail Steamer," signifying that the Titanic was hired to transport mail. The Postal Museum's collection of plans below illustrates the location of the Post Office and Mail Room, which were located on decks.
EgEE7 TIL that when slavery was abolished in the French colonies in 1848, the native population of the largest island in Madagascar rebelled against the French government because they were heavily involved in the slave trade.