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Today I learned that undercover cops wear a “Color of the Day” in order to not mistake each other for civilians. Put in place after a white cop killed a black undercover cop.

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xLZD TIL in 1974 canned food from a boat that sank in 1865 were tested on. There was no trace of microbial growth and the food was determined to be still safe to eat over 100 years later
loekV TIL about Scott and Helen Nearing, who bought acreage in the Great Depression and lived off the land until a ski resort saw their property value soar to $6 million. Deciding they'd done nothing to justify the increase, they donated the land to use as a forest, moved to Maine, and lived to age 99.
mxXQY TIL signs saying there are "No Public Restrooms" violate local building codes because nearly every government body adopts the International Plumbing Code 2012 403.3
D8ep TIL that Anthony Graves spent 18 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. The State of Texas owes him $80,000 per year of false incarceration, and has evaded paying him due to a technicality on a form.
Pr5n TIL: The UN Security Council in New York displays a copy of one of the first recorded peace treaties, the Egyptian-Hittite Treaty