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TIL that ‘The Guardian’ keeps a database of the number of US citizens killed by the police in the United States

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GyLN TIL The Museum of Endangered Sounds exists to allow streaming of once popular technological sounds. ie. the dial-up tone, ICQ chat tone, Windows 95 startup
KYlaw TIL that then-Congressman and future Vice President Dan Quayle was invited to investigate Jonestown with fellow Congressman, Leo Ryan, but declined. That declination ended up saving his life, as Ryan was later assassinated in Guyana.
VBd7Z TIL The President of France appoints the Archbishop of Stroudsburg and the Bishop of Metz. This is due to the fact that despite France being a secular nation, Roman Catholicism is still supported by French law and publicly subsidized in the region of Alsace-Moselle.
wo6eP TIL that Dogs are able to smell the difference between ground that has been recently stepped on vs undistributed ground, as foot steps release moisture from the soil and can damage vegetation which would release odors
X0k7P TIL Disney's "Corey in the House" has a Nintendo DS game and it has one of the highest rated user scores on the Metacritic. "Rarely does a work so groundbreaking and epic in scale exhibit such a visceral, searing arc of human pathos"