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TIL about an organization with an unconventional definition of Science

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d8l6Z TIL: Potato bugs are legitimately called "Jerusalem Crickets" but despite their common names, these insects are neither true crickets nor true bugs, nor are they native to Jerusalem.
yVdXX TIL: There is a jail for Polar Bears in Churchill, Manitoba.
RwP6 TIL that the German city of Essen pays alcoholics in beer to clean streets
a8OWy TIL that a bowler once bowled a 299.5 game. One pin broke in two in the final frame, and one half stayed standing.
DNyD TIL before broadcasting it on national television, a TV station - KTLA - edited out ten seconds of the video that showed Rodney King charging the officers that beat him. The edited footage was later cited by members of the jury as essential to the acquittal of the officers.