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TIL that after police officers in Rialto, CA started wearing cameras, public complaints against officers plunged 88%, and officers’ use of force fell by 60%.

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EgVyo TIL of Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway, a 4.1 mile long access road that an elderly widow successfully petitioned the U.S. federal government to build for her when her isolated desert home was essentially cut off by the construction of Interstate 40 and the bypassing of the old Route 66.
BWBL TIL that coin flips are more like 51/49, biased towards the side that was face-up when flipped
R7joj TIL Carlos Alhinho, a Portuguese professional soccer player and manager was killed when he opened the doors on the elevator on the sixth floor of his hotel in Benguela. He stepped in and found that the carriage was not there, but the ground floor. He fell down five floors onto the top of the cabin.
VBlDD TIL: Tua Tagovailoa (Starting Dolphins QB who throws left) is actually right handed
rGp0 TIL that in 1964 an Israeli spy convinced the Syrians to plant trees near military fortifications so that their soldiers had some shelter against the sun. The Israeli’s used those trees as targeting markers ensuring a swift victory in the Six-Day War