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TIL From 1994 to 2013: there are substantially fewer murders, robberies, rapes, aggravated assaults, property crimes, and burglaries….despite the US population increasing by almost 60 million people.

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0wNQM TIL 38% of the US is north of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
wLKOP TIL that maple syrup was promoted in the 1800s as a slavery-free alternative to cane sugar: "Suffer not your cup to be sweetened by the blood of slaves."
MmN0 TIL newborn babies can support their own weight for up to two minutes when hanging from a bar. This was discovered by a man named Dr Robinson in the late 1800’s, when he made 60 babies dangle from a walking-stick.
vx0r TIL that, in order to increase productivity, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos employs a “two pizza” rule for his business meetings: he never has a meeting where two pizzas isn’t enough to feed everyone in attendance.
mxLQR TIL that a woman discovered from watching TV that her current house was once owned by a serial killer who used to torture women in the basement