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TIL that US law enforcement officers banned from owning firearms in a personal capacity, are still allowed to posses and carry them in a professional capacity.

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W71l8 TIL Ethiopians eat raw meat at family and festive occasions despite the health risks. Eating raw meat started during times of war. Fighters hiding in the mountains would have exposed themselves by making fire & so ate their meat raw.
BgvWk TIL That if Earth Were the Size of a One Foot Diameter Globe, All Water Contained on Earth Would Amount to About 14ml, or Half a Shot Glass.
1gW7 TIL in 2007, 17-year old Nataline Sarkisyan Died after Cigna Health Insurance denied a life-saving procedure, despite doctors pleas that she receive treatment.
9Y15M TIL that brain freeze is a not-very serious condition that is simply your body’s reaction to eating too-cold foods. Its scientific name is "phenopalatine ganglioneuralgia"
xb1B TIL that Lady Gaga’s father, Joe Germanotta, pioneered the installation of wireless internet access in hotels when he started the company ‘Guest WiFi’ in 2002