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TIL James Lipton was literally a pimp

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d8LOd TIL The South's first police force was created for the preservation of slavery " Some of the primary policing institutions there were the slave patrols tasked with chasing down runaways and preventing slave revolts,".
GAy7 TIL Erich Hartmann, the #1 scoring fighter pilot ace of all time, got drunk and stole Hitler’s hat.
gkOD TIL a New Jersey politician was indicted for accepting $360,000 in bribes. The politician went so far to avoid his conviction that he faked his own death by friends saying he swallowed pain pills before a scuba dive and ‘never resurfaced’. He was found 2 years later and arrested while scuba diving.
pKdO TIL House of Cards had such an impact on British culture that some of the phrases including “You might very well think that; I couldn’t possibly comment” started to be used in the House of Commons.
yQp6J TIL There are two bars in Swizterland whose interior is themed along the Alien movies and modelled by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger