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TIL in many US States, it takes less training to become a police officer than it does to become a barber or manicurist.

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awQr0 TILA about the WW2 German War Graves on the British Army base on Thorney Island
4XbaR TIL that after being rejected by several women, author Thomas Day decided to adopt 12-year old Sabrina Sidney and in an experiment, set out to make her the "perfect wife". She ended up marrying one of his friends instead.
wgG6 TIL the United States has the 4th largest native Spanish-speaking population in the world, and has more native speakers than Spain
epaLn TIL Big Bird was supposed to be on the Challenger shuttle, but couldn't fit, and was replaced by Christa McAuliffe
0d6jy TIL that Guy Fawkes wasn't the Ringleader of the Gunpowder Plot, the actual Ringleader was Robert Catesby a wealthy landowner from Coventry.