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TIL that cops touch the back of your vehicle to make sure the trunk isn’t open, and to leave their fingerprints on your vehicle in case they are taken hostage/murdered

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xEo7 TIL 1,311 people live in Verkhoyansk, Russia. A town with an avg. temp of -45 °C (-50 °F) in January that was also attacked by a pack of 400 wolves last year. The sun currently rises at 2pm and sets at 3:30pm.
bJrj TIL that Vodka was originally invented in Poland, first produced in the 8th century
Z8eja TIL that during WWII, the US government recalled all paper currency circulating in Hawaii and replaced it with notes stamped with "HAWAII". In the event of a Japanese invasion of Hawaii, all currency captured would be easily identifiable and would be rendered worthless.
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