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TIL that Essex police firearms officers in the UK have not had to fire a single shot in over 8 years, and responded to over 500 incidents this year.

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4k0OX TIL Due to Pope Pius X dying in August of 1914 the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XV had to be held during WWI. While Italy was still neutral, Cardinals from belligerents such as France, Belgium, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the UK participated.
jg7R TIL when John F. Kennedy met Joseph Luns, the former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kennedy asked for his hobbies and he answered: “I fok horses”, Kennedy, struck with surprise responded: “Pardon?”, Luns replied: “Yes, paarden!”. ‘Fokken’ means 'to breed’, and 'horses’ means 'paarden’ in Dutch
LkrO9 TIL Bhutan has never been conquered or occupied through all its history
xjaw TIL that seismometers along Japan’s coast detected the 2011 earthquake and stopped all bullet trains from operating. Only one train, a test train without passengers, derailed.
B5Eb TIL of the ‘Highest Court in the Land (USA)’, a basketball court on the fifth floor of the Supreme Court Building which is three floors above the Supreme Court.