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TIL the reason police tap on taillights or run their fingers along the side of a car during a traffic stop is because it left DNA evidence used to identify the vehicle afterwards without pictures or video. Now all patrol cars have cameras but it still occurs since it was part of training for decades

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4kdp5 TIL: America considers Jesus to be white because a Lebanese man, George Shishim, arguing for his citizenship in federal court in 1909 said that, “If I am a Mongolian, then so was Jesus, because we came from the same land.”
VMEBD TIL a skinny person can actually eat more food than an obese person. While it runs counter to logic, obese people have more fat in their mid section and around their organs. A skinny person lacks this which allows their stomachs to expand further. This is why many competitive eaters are so skinny.
JYwGQ TIL of the killing of Joey Stompanato who was a bodyguard and mafia enforcer for Mickey Cohen. He dated actress Lana Turner who he physically abused. On April 4th, 1958 after threatening the life of Turner, her mother, and daughter he was stabbed to death by Turner's 14 year old daughter.
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