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TIL The Florida Highway Patrol has as a semi truck as a patrol vehicle and occasionally makes traffic stops.

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e9w6 TIL France has become the first nation in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks.
4Xdj6 TIL Quincy Jones was supposed to be at the house on the night actress Sharon Tate and her friends were murdered by the Manson Family. He spent the day with one of the victims (Jay Sebring), but didn't turn up that evening.
dDLLd TIL: At the height of the Roman Empire, it's GDP was estimated to be worth $32 billion today. The average roman soldier makes $3.25 a month, but were given large sums from looting while their officers made $10,000 a month. Interestingly, professors in academia were better paid than modern teachers.
AD4ol TIL of Libertinism, described as an extreme form of hedonism. Libertines put value on physical pleasures, meaning those experienced through the senses. Notable practitioners included Cyrano de Bergerac, Aleister Crowley, Don Juan, and even some people from modern times.
j6ran TIL in 1998, a preservation group began restoring Ben Franklin’s residence in London. During their rehabilitation work, they discovered a secret, windowless room under his garden containing the remains of 15 people.