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TIL Nine of the ten of the cities with the highest homicide rate per capita are in Mexico

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d81Q9 TIL: 22 year old George Washington was the catalyst of the the French and Indian War, which became the "7 Year War of 1756-1763" in Europe, and which Winston Churchill referred to as the real "First World War" as it encompassed much of the European world.
QNJwa TIL NASA worked with a company to create a material called translucent polycrystalline alumina (TPA). It was intended to protect infrared antennas on heat-seeking missiles. This material would later be used for invisible braces due to its strength and transparency.
PWGO TIL Portugal decriminalised the possession of all drugs for personal use in 2001. The reality is that Portugal’s drug situation has improved. Most notably, HIV infections and drug-related deaths have decreased, while the dramatic rise in use feared by some has failed to materialize.
9DjM TIL Almost every year the players of the Eritrean National Football team run away en masse when out of the country for games. In the past 6 years more than 50 players have fled. Despite this, Eritrean soccer officials continue to rebuild the team every year.
e7pJ TIL that in 1937, MGM covered up the brutal rape of dancer Patricia Douglas and ruined her reputation and her life