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TIL Ulysses Grant was arrested for speeding and later said that the Black police officer who took him in should face “no consequences” for doing his job

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EgYmX TIL of Caratacus who held off the Romans for ten years, using hit and run tactics. Finally he was betrayed and taken prisoner by the Romans, but gave such an eloquent speech, that Emperor Claudius set him free.
XQgk TIL No one was burned at the stake for witchcraft in Salem. They were all hanged, with the exception of Giles Corey who was pressed to death over the course of two days
GO0G TIL: The FP-45 Liberator was a single shot pistol developed by the US during WWII with the intention of air dropping them to resistance fighters. The residence fighter would then sneak up on an Axis occupier, kill them, and take their superior weapons.
yQxXl TIL that Marvel, DC, and other major comic book publishers adopted the "Comics Code" in 1954. Under the Code, criminals could not be depicted sympathetically, and police, judges, and government officials could not be shown as corrupt. The code was revised over time and was abandoned in the 2000s.
JYBBj TIL Tom Selleck was cast as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark but had to drop out due to his commitment to do the Magnum PI pilot, so the role went to Harrison Ford. Production on Magnum was delayed for over 6 months by a writers' strike, which would have enabled Selleck to complete Raiders