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TIL The father of modern policing was a former criminal turned detective who refused to arrest anyone who stole out of necessity.

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JZGB TIL one way the Aztecs sacrificed humans was to tie a prisoner to a stone and have him fight a team of warriors armed with obsidian-bladed clubs. The victim was allowed to defend himself with feathers.
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oR9Xr TIL that Oppenheimer was accused of being a communist and kicked off his security clearance?!