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TIL the #1 one killer of police officers is law enforcement suicide. Law enforcement suicide occurs 1.5 times more frequently compared to the general population.

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LkJ4d TIL that Massachusetts, one of the least obese states to begin with, is one of the only states in the Union to report a drop in obesity rates within the past few years.
loxwG TIL that eating a live Slug could cause paralysis neck down, coma, or even death. To eat one safely, it must be adequately cooked to minimize the risk of dying from ingesting the parasites it hosts.
XEL8X TIL Bananas and Tomatoes are technically berries whilst Strawberries and Raspberries are not. This is because the technical classification of a berry is any fruit derived from a single flower with one ovary, and both raspberries and strawberries stem from flowers with more than one ovary.
4XBpR TIL video game composer Yuzo Koshiro created his own programming language just to make music for the Streets of Rage series.
b9RPj TIL that the origin of the idiom "Red Herring" was itself a red herring. It was originally stated that red herring were used to help hounds sniff out prey. It's misleading because red herring were actually used to train horses and were only used if there were no dead cats available instead.