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TIL that some Canadian police departments give out “positive tickets” to thank people for doing something good.

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9wpnr TIL cheese has morphine-like compound named casomorphin
8vmK TIL: At one point, David Bowie’s astronomic cocaine habit led him to believe his semen was stolen by witches and live in “morbid fear” of Jimmy Page.
N7Q0M TIL: In 1963, major league baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, an hour after Neil Armstrong set foot on the surface of the moon, Perry hit is first, and only, home run while playing for the San Francisco Giants.
x6XGw TIL that in his first few appearances, Beetle Bailey was a college student rather than a private, but the strip wasn't successful, so its author had Beetle enlist in the Army shortly after, where he has remained ever since.
eAb6 TIL that in the Old Testament, Yahweh (God) actually sues Israel for breach of contract (the Sinai covenant). It is the only instance of God initiating a lawsuit against humans in the Bible.