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TIL that Miami Police Department uses fixed microphones throughout the city and a special software to automatically pick up any gun shots and triangulate their origin to a couple of meters accuracy. Allowing them to immediately dispatch Officers there.

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DBQV TIL that when David Bowie played his song “Andy Warhol” to Andy Warhol he did not like it. When the song had finished playing, Warhol and Bowie reportedly just stared at each other for a while until Warhol said “I like your shoes” and the pair then had a conversation about shoes.
olvE TIL that a Hungarian man named László Polgár believed that any child could become a genius in any field as long as education starts before they turn 3 and they begin to specialise at 6. His youngest, Judit, became the strongest female chess player of all time and ranked within the world’s top ten.
lrBG TIL that JC Penney marketed items as being higher than their retail price and then put them on sale to create more demand for the regular priced item.
DQEbD TIL the history of this iconic design known as "jazz"
XEnAQ TIL that in the SpongeBob SquarePants Episode S2E18a: Sailor Mouth, the voice actors were told to just stop talking and restart when appropriate to fit the swear words. However, Tom Kenny found it to be too difficult, and instead opted to go ahead and swear, having the actual swearing censored