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Allan Pinkerton was born #OTD in 1819 in Glasgow, Scotland. He headed the Union Intelligence Service during the Civil War and helped lay the foundation for the U.S. Secret Service, FBI, and CIA. He also founded the famed Pinkerton National Detective Agency, which still exists.
Pinkerton emigrated to United States 1842 and founded a cooperage in Dundee, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. He became an abolitionist and operated a safe house for fugitive enslaved people on the Underground Railroad.
Pinkerton was appointed as the first Chicago police detective in 1849 after uncovering a counterfeit scheme. He founded what would become the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in 1850. The Pinkerton Agency specialized in investigating train robberies.
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25 years after “#Pinkerton” 💿 — and as @Weezer's involuntary break from touring enters its 12th month — the band is finally revisiting the introspective terrain of its beloved cult fave with “OK Human” latimes.com/entertainment-…
The new album (due Friday) sets frontman @RiversCuomo's inner thoughts against lush but faintly haunting orchestral arrangements, says @mikaelwood.

(Unlike “Pinkerton,” though, “OK Human” doesn't come from a place of emotional trauma)
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Cuomo’s feelings have evolved over time (and as bands have stopped making serious 💰 from record sales).

And with the new album, he dialed down the crunchy electric guitars 🎸 of hits like “Beverly Hills” and hired a 38-piece orchestra 🎻

(📷Getty, 2019)
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