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TIL of the “Broken Windows Theory” which states that maintaining and monitoring urban areas to prevent small crimes, such as vandalism, helps to create an atmosphere of order and lawfulness - thereby preventing more serious crimes from happening

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JAJV TIL The Statue of Liberty was planned to be built in Egypt to celebrate the completion of the Suez Canal
DQagp TIL the closest whale relative that is not a marine mammal is the hippopotamus after the species diverged 54 million years ago.
jN6YN TIL That the coverart for Neils Young's album ''Silver & Gold'' is a picture taken by his daughter with her Gameboy camera
QJZ5a TIL that several striking similarities suggest that Disney plagiarized Kimba the White Lion to create The Lion King.