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TIL Bulletproof vests expire, and most police officers replace their vests every 5 years.

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168jr TIL The most recent invasion of mainland Britain failed in part due the majority of the invading French force consisting of irregulars, including republicans, deserters, convicts and Royalist prisoners. Order broke down once they discovered the town's supply of wine.
4db TIL there is an island in the English channel where cars are banned. People get around on bicycle, horses or tractors.
6bxw TIL a lack of toilets costs India more than $50 billion a year, mostly through premature deaths and hygiene-related diseases.
8aLdL TIL the Irish & Native Americans have a 2 century-long friendship, which started after the Choctaw Nation donated $170 to survivors of the Potato Famine in 1847, even though they were still reeling from the Trail of Tears
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