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TIL A Polish immigrant, who didn’t speak English, was tasered to death by Canadian police. A memory card containing video of the incident was later taken away from a witness.

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mxvgE TIL when Norway first discovered oil, Iraqi geologist, Farouk Al-Kasim, warned Norway how private companies can take advantage of a country's oil wealth. As a result of his advice Norway had invested its wealth to create a fund of over US$1 Trillion. He knighted in 2012 by the King of Norway.
dDAlZ TIL that if you search October 1582 in your calendar, you’ll see days missing.
5Yr5P TIL that some birds sleep while flying by allowing one half of their brains to sleep while the other maintains environmental awareness and aerodynamic control.
W77lL TIL that no song debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for 40 years, until 1995 - when it happened 4 times.
GAyp7 TIL the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to the neurologist, António Egas Moniz, who invented the lobotomy. However, this highly invasive procedure is now widely considered to be one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine.