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TIL in an attempt to curb petty crime among police officers, the officers were threatened with having to wear a Hello Kitty armband as a mark of shame (from Now I Know).

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w5Jo TIL to confirm a pope’s death, a high ranking cardinal taps the pope’s head three times with a silver hammer while saying his birth name three times.
QJrJp TIL about Hemicorporectomy. The amputation of the entire lower body, including the pelvis, the genitals, the anus, the urinary system and rectum.
RM46 TIL that one of the most popular radio acts of the 1930s was a ventriloquist, a fact which baffled contemporary critics.
nK9W TIL that Bruce Banner originally “transformed into the Hulk at sunset and reverted at sunrise.”
GYGdj Til about blue java bananas that can survive the harshest of weathers and taste like vanilla ice cream.