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TIL that the NYPD uses taxi cabs as undercover police cars.

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v1OED TIL in 1981 archaeologists discovered a medieval knight's body which still had liquid blood, intact organs and visible irises.
wxnW TIL evidence shows that the space shuttle Challenger’s crew survived the explosion and could have been conscious until the crew cabin hit the ocean. 4 of 5 recovered crew air packs had been activated and pilot switches that could only have been moved manually by a person were moved.
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PMWO TIL that in the 1970s, General Mills sued an economics professor for making a parody game called “Anti-Monopoly,” but the suit was thrown out because it was discovered that Monopoly was a ripoff of a board game first developed in 1903 called “The Landlord’s Game.”
4krZN TIL For the movie Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Natalie Wood almost did not get the role of Judy because Nicholas Ray thought that she did not fit the role of the wild teen character. Ray was convinced when someone at the hospital called her a "goddamn juvenile delinquent" after her car accident.