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

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eOAn TIL that touching stainless steel will remove the odor of garlic and onion from your hands. They even sell bars of stainless steel “soap”, which is just a bar of stainless steel to rub on your hands.
wLg1W TIL that the Japanese word for “brown” is 茶色 (cha-iro). The first character means “tea”, and the second one means “colour”. Thus, literally translated, it means “tea colour”.
5OMQ TIL that every last F14 Tomcat america has in flyable storage is being shredded to prevent spares reaching Iran who are still flying the ones sold to them by the US in the 70’s
9JgQ TIL the Monkees started out in a TV show about a band that tried to be as good as the Beatles but failed. They then started making albums in real life and outsold the Beatles.
D1mEg TIL that in back to the future 2 , in the cafe 80s scene , at the end of the cafe it was Elijah Wood( kid on the left ) trying to play the gunslinger game .