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TIL that Horses are the Most Common Animal to Kill People in Australia

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Bg0wb TIL students once made Oxford the murder capital of late medieval England. A 2023 study found that it had a murder rate 4-5x higher than that of London or York & 50x higher than current rates in 21st century English cities. The mix of young male students & booze was often a powder keg for violence.
rN651 TIL that an entire town exists in Pennsylvania due to one of the only traffic lights on the Interstate system
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