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

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GVPQ TIL the Russian forename Vladimir/Wladimir is commonly translated as “World Peace”.
4k8DJ TIL, dragonball creator Akira Toriyama, took the opportunity to make protagonist; Goku, easier to draw, when he conceived him as the first “super saiyan”.
LNyQ TIL a de-commissioned light tower 25 miles off the coast of N.C. was purchased by a private citizen and is now operated as a “rustic” B&B.
mxEJP TIL the Airbus A340 has been in service for over 26 years and has not had a single fatality
5bRR TIL that a programmer developed an operating system called TempleOS since 2003. Hospitalized for mental health problems, he believes that TempleOS is literally the Third Temple as biblically prophesied. Per God’s “instructions,” the OS uses a 640x480, 16 color display, and uses the language HolyC.