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TIL John Pike, the infamous UC Davis “Pepper Spray Cop” made an annual salary of $121,680 before leaving after 8 months paid leave after the incident.

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XE54j TIL "Dukes of Hazzard" were destroying '68-'70 Dodge Chargers at such a rate that planes had to be used for aerial search for replacement cars among the populace.
9Y0gQ Today I learned The Tanukis popularized by Super Mario Brothers 3. In Japan "have legendarily been known to use their testicles as makeshift raincoats, as weapons, and as drums."
gM5Kb TIL the rainbow grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor) is native to the United States, Canada and northern Mexico. When threatened, it exhibits aposematism or warning coloration to mimic brightly colored stinkbugs which lizards avoid. Studies show that birds find rainbow grasshoppers to be distasteful.
Lxgm TIL that the smell of women’s tears will reduce men’s sexual arousal and testosterone levels.