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TIL that auto insurance companies donate laser guns to police departments. Laser is much more difficult to defeat than radar guns, and this investment pays back the insurance company dividends because of the increased revenue raised through higher insurance premiums.

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KEMB TIL: The Bugis people of Indonesia recognise 5 genders, among them is a “Bissu”, an intersexed individual(not male not women) who has the duties of a sorcerer and is regarded highly within the society
LVDV TIL when he was 12 years old, Fidel Castro wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt. He asked him for a $10 dollar bill because he had never seen one before.
e1gg TIL that women’s fertility affects their preference for male partners. When most fertile, they prefer men with more “masculine” traits; when pregnant or in a non-fertile part of the cycle, they seek the “nice-guy provider”. Men can tell; lap dancers earn more money when ovulating.
QJbra TIL Alfred Hitchcock's movie "Rear Window" was inspired by two actual murder cases. The first was a doctor who killed his wife, told friends she went to America. The second was a man who dismembered his pregnant girlfriend, throwing pieces of her body out a train window.
d8d59 TIL the saying "Perfect is the enemy of good" means to go with what works well rather than trying for perfection. Sir Watson-Watt who developed radar in WW2 Britain had a “cult of the imperfect” saying "Give them the third best to go with; the second best comes too late, the best never comes.”