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TIL: People with too high IQ can be barred from becoming a cop

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X0GGD TIL that on January 6th, 1853, a tragic train derailment killed the 11 year old son of Franklin Pierce, who was President-Elect of the United States at the time. His wife believed that the accident was God punishing them because Pierce ran for President against her wishes.
9Adr TIL that at the height of its power, Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel were spending $2500 a month on rubber bands to wrap their cash with
X0w9R TIL A teen from Manchester used several fake online personas to convince his best friend to murder him, after surviving the attack, he became the first person in UK history charged with inciting his own murder
PYdKe TIL there were minstrel shows in the 1800's where the performers were actually African-Americans. They would act like white people's stereotypes of blacks at the time to please white audiences.
jZDn TIL George Foreman has 5 sons all named George Foreman