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TIL Coca-Cola 'invented' Santa Claus for marketing purposes

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8klP TIL that the Oakland Police Department spent $15,000 to modify the tailpipes of their Harley motorcycles to make them LOUD.
pkrN TIL that in 1987, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was tasked by his superiors to find a mole within the agency after the FBI’s moles in the KGB were caught. In reality, he was the mole, working with the KGB since 1979.
9wLLX TIL In 2000, three Scottish sisters took out a 1 million pound insurance policy in the event one of them immaculately conceived the second coming of Christ. They paid £100 a year until 2006 when the insurance company canceled the policy.
XEX9D TIL that Tardigrades aka Water Bears are also known as MOSS PIGLETS
QN7xa TIL that some celebrities refuse to sign in blue ink, believing it can be forged more easily. This was historically a thing, but with modern technology, the risk of forgery is not dependent on the ink color, but soley on the quality of the ink and paper used.