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TIL Australia’s first police force was made up of the most well-behaved convicts

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LkM0V TIL the "Come and take it" slogan was first used in the Battle of Thermopylae
0lnL TIL that before 194 BC, using sticks and shadows, Eratosthenes of Cyrene calculated the Earth’s circumference with an error between 2 and 15%, and calculated the tilt of the Earth and the distance of the Sun to the Earth with near perfect accuracy.
l795G TIL that Michael Jordan had to wear no. 12 in a game against Orlando Magic due to his iconic no. 23 jersey being stolen before the game and the Bulls only had no. 12 available.
6ZDQ TIL that in 1985, Philadelphia police used a helicopter to drop a bomb on a house during a 24 hour conflict involving gunfire with the black activist group MOVE. The explosion caused 50+ homes to burn down resulting in 11 deaths, 5 of which were children.
4kX9b TIL that during the Civil War, Union troops stumbled upon Confederate battle plans at a freshly-abandoned campsite, revealing that the enemies were nearby and vulnerably split. Union Commander McClellan was too cautious to react and Robert E. Lee gathered his scattered troops once he was alerted.