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TIL that crime has not just been declining for decades, but for centuries.

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loR7N TIL during his reign in the 630s Caliph Umar was the first to appoint police forces to keep civil order.
0d1AM TIL about Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) where you are required to withdraw money from your IRA (retirement found) and be taxed when you reach the age of 72.
b670a TIL that Bill Gate's first attempt at a software program was a version of Tic-Tac-Toe that allowed users to compete with a computer
Lk5rp TIL A young Judy Garland was slapped by the director, Victor Fleming, during the filming of The Wizard of Oz, just because she laughed during a scene with the cowardly lion.
LQ1gZ TIL sperm have olfactory guidance. They literally smell their way to the egg.