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TIL - Mexico was the second deadliest country after Syria in 2016, and 2017 numbers are expected to be even higher.

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eOkg TIL in New Orleans, public defenders are handling the equivalent of almost 19,000 cases per year per attorney, which literally limits them to 7 minutes per case.
WkaLX TIL Killer Whales are actually dolphins. They were called Whale Killers by Spanish fishermen but were mistranslated as Killer Whales in English
Z8WVo TIL how insanely dominant Rafael Nadal's French Open record is. Winning it the first time he qualified at 19, so far he's won 12 of 15 losing a match only twice and withdrawing once. 93 wins in total (98%)
MeAaB TIL Christopher Boyce, a college drop out who despised the CIA was given high level security clearance to handle top secret CIA wires. He then sold these top level secrets to the Soviet Union through its embassy in Mexico City. The story was a top selling book and movie "The Falcon and the Snowman"
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