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TIL that pickpockets in Paris successfully take advantage of Americans’ eagerness to sign petitions by using young girls to distract them with environmental petitions

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5Ppk TIL that the Police in the United States have a lesser mortality rate per 100k than the following jobs: Fishermen, roofers, farmers, taxi drivers, cement manufacturers, logging workers & airline pilots.
yyJa TIL There was a short lived French version of “The Office”; in the pilot Jim put Dwight’s stuff in cheese instead of jello.
kOknm TIL, Vesta Stoudt, who had the idea for duct tape, couldnt get her bosses at a military ordnance plant to take her seriously. So she sent a letter to FDR who recommended it to the War Production Board where it was approved for use on ammo boxes.
9wkrD TIL that the civilian ship pilot in Dunkirk is based off a real person - Charles Lightoller, the second officer of the Titanic who sailed his own ship to save 127 servicemen at Dunkirk
E1xPo TIL Marie Antoinette never said "let them eat cake", rather she was moved by the plight of the poor and was known for her generous donations. The statement was attributed to detractors trying to get rid or the royal family.