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TIL The number of firearms deaths of police officers fell 33 percent in 2013 and was the lowest since 1887.

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5YOgD TIL common baking soda will dry Super Glue (Cyanoacrylate) almost instantly and harden it so much that it can be used to repair chips in helicopter blades.
O8AY TIL Doctor Seuss’s first book took 27 publisher rejections before it finally found a taker, Chicken Soup for the Soul was passed on by over 100, A Time to Kill by 26, and George Orwell was told Animal Farm would never sell because “it is impossible to sell animal stories in the U.S.”
xVODw TIL in 2019 the US government recovered over $3 Billion using the False Claims Act, generally from whistleblower reports.
Br5mx TIL 10.4% of the world’s population is either in a marriage/relationship with their second cousin or closer relative or is the result of such a union
AEGw TIL former Princess Sayako (daughter of the current emperor of Japan) practiced supermarket shopping to prepare for new lifestyle after marrying a commoner