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TIL no Los Angeles police officers have died in the line of duty in almost 4 years

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pYBae TIL Johannes Heesters was a Dutch born entertainer who performed for Nazis and lived to be 108
nevN7 TIL that the US Air Force seriously considered and researched Nuking the Moon as a show of force after Russia launched Sputnik, but scrapped it at the last minute as they felt landing on it would be better received by the public.
v8OL TIL: That a fan once sent Tolkien a goblet with the words from the One Ring inscribed on it in the Black Speech of Mordor. The powerful spell in an accursed tongue led the author to never drink from it. Instead, he used it as an ashtray.
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k4Y1 TIL George Washington was within scope of a British sniper. The marksman thought it would be dishonorable to shoot a man in the back, and didn’t fire.