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TIL the chequered pattern associated with emergency services, mostly policing, is called the 'Sillitoe tartan' after Percy Sillitoe, Chief Constable of the Glasgow Police.

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R7478 TIL that a meteorite that fell contained many organic compounds, one of which is a novel amino acid similar to mammal neurotransmitters and can treat chronic pain
gM7wW TIL Freeman Freeman Dyson was incapable of speaking a dull sentence. For more than 60 years, he was one of the world’s most accomplished living mathematical physicists.By the time he was 29, he had been elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
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