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TIL the first police force of New South Wales (Australia) consisted of eight of the best-behaved convicts

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d19Q TIL the ‘Moon Museum’ is a small ceramic wafer three-quarters of an inch by half an inch in size which was left on the surface of the moon during the apollo 12 mission. It contains artworks by the six most prominent artists of the 1960’s, including Andy Warhol, who drew a penis.
GYrYQ TIL that bees have small "pockets" on their hind legs which they use to collect the pollen that has stuck to their antennae, face, or body.
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Y5Gr TIL that a woman once tried to smuggle suitcases made out of 15 kilos of cocaine into Spain.
Jdo1 TIL that for 50 years, the Nazi-style salute was the official salute for the American flag.