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TIL police departments in Canada give out “positive tickets” when they see people doing something positive.

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mxdgv TIL in 1985 two co-workers from Sears recorded a rap song for a friend's class project. That song grew in popularity as radio stations started playing it. Although they called themselves Super Nature, the song had the line, "we the Salt and Pepa MCs" so listeners and DJ's dubbed them Salt-N-Peppa.
WkLlN TIL the original Star Wars trilogy only had 3 female speaking roles, excluding Leia, for a combined 63 seconds of dialogue
LkaQd TIL that the Leaning Tower of Pisa is in fact completely hollow inside
J1MPk TIL that Alaska Airlines is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
b6XMZ TIL George Orwell was born in British India, in the current state of Bihar