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TIL A Canadian hockey team hasn't won the NHL Stanley Cup finals since 1993

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vwpr TIL that the national gun homicide rate is down 49% since 1993, and 56% of Americans believe the number of crimes involving a gun is higher than it was 20 years ago.
6R9m TIL that Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, added a clause to his contract with Paramount specifying that if anyone actually made a functioning tricorder, they’d have automatically earned the right call it a tricorder if they wanted to.
R7Bej TIL that Chock Full o'Nuts coffee is actually nut free.
gbaW TIL that the English word “much” and the Spanish word “mucho” are not related at all, despite having similar definitions. “Much” comes from Proto-Germanic “mikilaz”, while “mucho” from Latin “multum”. Their similar appearance is a complete coincidence.
MdOa TIL Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” made $252.4 million at the worldwide box office, over 55 times more than its production budget of $4.5 million.