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TIL the rate of US gun violence has been steadily falling since 1993.

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rN6XM TIL about pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and their role in driving up prescription drug prices in the United States
GAnXJ TIL A chess player in the Dutch Open Championship in the early 90s deliberately threw a game, getting mated in three moves, because he had tickets for a Madonna concert and didn't want to be late.
DQadV TIL people gave fast-food hamburgers to rural crows to try to find out why urban crows are getting high cholesterol
N7amE TIL of the band Grouplove who was the first band in the United States to be certified climate friendly
BvEd TIL The Smithsonian opened an experimental museum in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Washington DC. Many were skeptical that the Smithsonian would help the area, others worried about vandalism. The museum was untouched in the 1968 riots that destroyed other parts of the community.