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TIL that murder clearance rates have been dropping since the 1960s, and police have been significantly less likely to solve murders after the invention of DNA evidence

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b6YD4 TIL that much of modern-day Texas was called "New Philippines" under Spanish colonial rule
xVYKw TIL about Diego the Hood Island giant tortoise, who was one of the 15 individuals of his kind that were left in 1976. Through a captive breeding effort, he fathered 900 offspring which helped increase the wild population to 2,000. Last year, he was released back into the wild.
BMRW TIL blanket octopuses tear tentacles off of the Portuguese man o’ war and use them as weapons
vGx8 TIL Cap'n Crunch in the 70’s had a toy that could be modified to hack phone call lines.
mxKwO TIL that "fart" is one of the oldest words in the English language, and can be traced back to its Proto-Indo-European roots through its cognates in other European languages and Sanskrit