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TIL Inspector Todd from the Beverley Hills Cop movies was a real Detroit cop and was involved in state wide corruption which also implicated Detroit mayor Coleman Young as depicted in the movie White Boy Rick.

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8apDL TIL the flag is flown at half-staff during periods of mourning to make room for the "invisible flag of death" above it.
GAk17 TIL about the Trans-Sahara Seaway and its abundanceof flora and mega-fauna. A huge waterway that crossed the Sahara millions of years ago.
VNQB TIL a study conducted by King’s College London shows that babies who are fed food containing peanuts are less likely to develop an allergy to peanuts.
6XMZ TIL If you order your steak well-done in a restaurant you are more likely to get low-quality, throw-away meat.
4kgyJ TIL that the body's soft tissues, like muscles and tendons, gradually turn into bone over time under a rare connective tissue disease called Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP)