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TIL The South's first police force was created for the preservation of slavery " Some of the primary policing institutions there were the slave patrols tasked with chasing down runaways and preventing slave revolts,".

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pywQ TIL that in 2008, after becoming fed up with people uploading their videos to YouTube, Monty Python started their own channel, uploading HQ versions of their most popular sketches. The move resulted in a 23,000% increase in DVD sales.
xVPk0 TIL Diogenes, a radical Greek philosopher, sabotaged Plato's lectures by loudly smacking his lips while eating. Alexander the Great, thrilled to meet the famous philosopher, asked if there was any favor he could grant. Diogenes said, "Yes, stand out of my sunlight." He was later captured by pirates
GYj01 TIL that the Moai (Easter Island Heads) were originally intricately carved before being weathered by wind. Some had holes for eyes made of coral and obsidian designed to awaken their power, and others had tophats for ceremonies. Island legend says a shaman awoke the first Moai and made them walk.
8gWa TIL Ben & Jerry’s had a company rule that from top to bottom, the pay ratio between the highest salaried executive and lowest-earning-worker would be no greater than 5 to 1. It lasted for 16 years until Ben retired.
R5RD1 TIL about the first Crowdfunded Indian movie Manthan (Hindi), which was about the dairy cooperative pioneer Verghese Kurien who started the "White revolution" in India. The film was entirely funded by 500,000 dairy farmers each contributing Rs 2, showing the success of "collective might".