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TIL State Troopers in many States have a switch inside their cruiser that disables one of the headlights. This lulls a potential Perp into a false sense of security believing that they are only being followed by a civilian.

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GANwj TIL of Richard Lancelyn Green. The world's leading expert on Sherlock Holms who was found dead in mysterious circumstances after trying to stop Arthur Connan Doyle's letters being exported from the UK

R7eP6 TIL in 2012 a Bumblebee foods worker was accidentally cooked alive in 12,000 lbs of tuna because his co-worker thought he was in the bathroom

n5xB TIL in 1986 a French woman taught herself how to fly a helicopter, rented one, flew it over a prison, and plucked her bank robber husband off the prison roof.

XgPP TIL Gandhi believed women who were raped lost their value as human beings & condoned honor killings. He also labelled women who used contraceptives “whores.” Towards the end of his life, he moderated his views.

1YyD TIL that there’s a cult in the small island nation of Vanuatu, called that Prince Phillip Movement, that believes that Prince Phillip is a divine being. He once sent a signed picture of himself to them and they sent him a pig killing club.