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TIL that the criminal database at Scotland Yard is known as HOLMES (Home Office Large Major Enquiry System)

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dDeM8 TIL: In some US states, public urination is enough to get you onto the sex offender registry. Furthermore, 25% of of registrants are juveniles/minors, and children as young as 9 have been placed on the list.
68Z8 TIL of a Romanian Princess who opposed the alliance with Germany during WWII. She personally took custody of surviving Allied crews who were bombing her country, saw that they were cared for in her hospitals, and facilitated their escape to Italy. She helped more than 1000 US crewmen shot down.
N7K8Q TIL The song "Blame Canada" in The South Park movie, was nominated for an Academy Award for best original song. Unfortunately the song lost to Phil Collins' "you'll be in my heart" from the movie Tarzan.
ep9ED TIL when Pluto was discovered the first choice of name was Minerva, which was unfortunately already taken by an asteroid
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