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TIL The South African health ministry once stapled a leaflet to condoms they distributed

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WLpB TIL that the violent crime rate in the US has dropped dramatically in the last few decades, yet the majority of Americans think it’s increasing.
kJnr7 TIL a poorly designed wireless communications system contributed to deaths of 343 firefighters on 9/11. Back then, emergency services ran many different communication systems which couldn't talk to each other, hindering the evacuation of the firefighters and the overall emergency response.
X04Br TIL that sex trafficker Andrew Tate’s father was an international chess master
b9kZ0 TIL: NASCAR is rooted in Prohibition bootlegging. They souped up stock cars to outrun the police and that led to competitive racing between gangs.
ljmG TIL in 1909 a 15 year-old boy was accidentally stabbed to death in the insurance office where he worked, trying to evade the birthday kisses of all the office women.