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TIL IN 2018 homicides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada exceeded that of New York City

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woYWP TIL about Bountygate - a scandal in the NFL during the 2011 season which involved New Orleans Saints players gambling over the severity of injuries they could cause the opposing teams players. The result was the head coach being suspended for a season as he was found to have condoned the behaviour.
ANZyg TIL that the actor who portrayed the little boy in The Ring is now an attorney for the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the Legislative Director & General Counsel to the Energy & Commerce Committee’s Vice Chair and Homeland Security Committee’s Cybersecurity Subcommittee Emeritus Chair.
rRZEd TIL the song 'Scotty Doesn't Know' from the film EuroTrip reached #53 on the US Billboard Pop chart.
nMwr TIL that a Pennsylvania man survived 12 hours laying frozen by the side of the road in subzero temperatures because the low temperatures preserved his brain and other organ functions.
V5GB TIL that shower-arguments have a name, Jouska. A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.