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TIL American Police killed more people in March (111) than the entire UK police have killed since 1900

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kOxn5 TIL when the Unknown Warrior was laid to rest 'among the kings' in Westminster Abbey, the guests of honor were a group of about one hundred women. They had been chosen because they had each lost their husband and all their sons in the war.
p8dOp TIL that Matthew McConaughey has been teaching filmmaking at UT Austin since 2016.
N7nLQ TIL: a 'State of Emergency ' in Tasmania allows authorized officers to dispose of human remains in the manner that the authorized officer considers appropriate despite any law that would otherwise prevent or restrict that disposal.
P1lGG TIL a peanut processing plant killed 9 people and hospitalized 700 others because of a filthy warehouse the government ignored for decades. This incident was so severe, new legislation was introduced making it a felony to neglect reporting positive salmonella tests within 24 hrs.
KQlG TIL that it is (generally) a violation of the National Labor Relations Act for a US company to tell its employees that they are not allowed to share their salaries with their peers.