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TIL A Native American member of the Republican Party became Vice President of the United States

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KOre9 TIL : Tazer Ball is a combination of soccer and rugby in which players could shock each other with stun guns. The game puts two teams of four players on a field. Players have to get a large ball into a net while avoiding their opponents, all of whom are armed with tazers.
xVnMB TIL in 2018, NYC had a period where (for the first time ever) it had a lower murder rate than London, causing many people to believe London became more dangerous. In truth, it was likely heavy snow that caused the lower rate in NYC. By the end of the year, NYC had double the murder rate.
rE0d TIL that there is a push to replace the skull and crossbones as the international symbol for poison. Because of the popularity of pirates, many children no longer see the symbol as a warning. A proposed alternative is “Mr. Yuk”.
VGep TIL A man named John Harrison has a job tasting ice cream. He has tasted samples of over 200 million gallons of ice cream and his taste buds are insured for $1 million
W7Jpd TIL Domingo Ghirardelli was so upset that a Catholic priest did not do last rites for his daughter that he smuggled his family's bodies out of the local Catholic cemetery and moved them to a mausoleum decorated with a prominent Masonic emblem above the door.