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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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4XOp6 TIL that an 800 sq. mile region on the border of Egypt and Sudan, Bir Tawil, has a terra nullius status, meaning no country claims the land and has no laws.
ADyO4 TIL that Purple Heart medals given since WW2 have come from the supply manufactured for the planned invasion of Japan during WW2.
ep4aJ TIL spectators can be penalty carded in the sport of fencing
8aYxX TIL There is the Yip Man Memorial Museum in Foshan. Many of his students become very excellent martial artists and among them Bruce Lee was his favorite
9YjDX TIL about Alexander Cumming, an inventor and the first person to patent a flush toilet in 1775. Cumming included an s-trap in the design to prevent sewer gasses from entering the building through the toilet. Modern toilets still incorporate this design.