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TIL that the Dubai police fleet includes a Lamborghini, Ferrari and Bentley. This is to allow them to catch speeders who can outrun other cars

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nxr9 TIL that even if they are cleaned and released, less than 1% of birds covered in oil during crude spills survive. Many experts – including the World Wildlife Fund – believe it would be more humane to kill oiled birds than to try to clean them.
4X1V6 TIL A baby puffin is called a "puffling."
PYpAL TIL of Red Cell, a team led by the original commander of SEAL Team 6 to test the security of government installations. Red Cell would sneak into military bases, steal classified information, kidnap high ranking officers and admirals, and even plant bombs near Air Force One.
VBmr4 TIL A Spanish guy skipped work for 6 years while still being paid and was only discovered when he was going to be recognised for his hard work
vOL7 TIL that on this day, ARPANET shifted its networking protocols from NCP to TCP/IP, marking the beginnings of the internet as we know it.