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TIL that Japan has an insanely high conviction rate of 99%

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eWnE TIL in the early 1800s the British adopted the Nine Principle of Ethical Policing, under which “Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police.“ They also don’t carry guns.
WkeoY TIL In 1971 Fleetwood Mac had to cancel a sold out show booked at the Whiskey A Go Go when their guitarist Jeremy Spencer simply vanished into thin air. He was eventually found having cut off all his hair, dressed in shabby clothes, and joined a cult called The Children of God.
nedOr TIL that the correlation between kids spending time indoors reading books and poor eyesight is due to Vitamin D deficiency.
wLXWM TIL a man worked at the restaurant at the top of WTC. After 9/11, they never saw him again and presumed he died in the towers. In 2003, the government removed his name from the 9/11 memorial — he might have used the tragedy to start a new life without telling his family.
pYBae TIL Johannes Heesters was a Dutch born entertainer who performed for Nazis and lived to be 108