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TIL violent crime in the US has actually dropped 15% in the past 10 years.

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BrOZb TIL that in the US at least, automobile safety — air bags, seat belts, etc.—is tested with female- and infant-sized crash test dummies as well as adult male sizes.
b6OZ4 TIL Lacrosse descends from a version played by Native Americans in the 17th century. Games could last several days with as many as 1,000 players per team, on a field with goals up to 6 miles apart. Sticks were so treasured, players were often buried with them upon death.
pGWN TIL Google donated 5 million dollars to a program that uses drones to track poachers in Africa and Asia.
MedKK TIL a southern tradition that says eating leafy green vegetables like collard greens on New Year's Eve brings good luck. Meanwhile, eating lobster is supposedly bad luck in some cultures because lobsters move backwards, symbolizing a year of setbacks.
nlL7 TIL that the U.S. and China are collaborating on developing a thorium molten salt nuclear reactor.