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TIL Adrian Schoolcraft, and NYPD officer, was arrested, involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility, and fired in 2006 for exposing corruption in NYPD

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J1Br8 TIL the name and logo of the Philadelphia Eagles is derived from the National Recovery Administration's blue eagle logo.
JY54 TIL you have a 1 in 16 chance of being a victim of violent crime in East St. Louis
8VaV TIL of Krishna’s butterball. A giant 250 ton boulder situated in southern India, that’s remained stationary on a slippery slope for at least 1300 years, defying an attempt move it using 7 elephants and even natural disasters like tsunami’s and typhoons.
8ajA8 TIL that the Ginkgo Tree is unique, not obviously related to any living plant; a “living fossil,”unchanged in 200 million years.
7Gm7 TIL Bill Gates received an honorary knighthood from the Queen but as an American Citizen he cannot use the title “Sir”