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TIL The US postal service has a law enforcement arm made up of officers who carry firearms and have arresting powers

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X0EmE TIL Napoleon’s military tactics are still utilized by armies, and studied by students in academies around the world 200 years later.
awyJM TIL The French are European Champions at abandoning pets. Between 100,000 and 200,000 pets are abandoned in France every year (60% during summer). In the UK the figure is closer to 16,000 a year. Typical excuses include going on holiday, having a baby, moving house, and new partner with allergies
m1Pxv TIL in 1964, the FBI attempted to blackmail MLK Jr and urged him to commit suicide in an attempt to undermine the civil rights movement
oRWjR TIL that Holiday Inn's 1997 Super Bowl commercial "Bob Johnson" likened $1 billion in upgrades to the company's hotels to a transgender woman going to her high school reunion.
5YWlR TIL had it not been for the Norman Conquest of 1066, the English we speak today would have been much different and more restrictive. The merging of Old English and Norman French led to Modern English being sort of hybrid of the two, giving another shade of meaning to words such as "swine" vs "pork".