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TIL that crime in the USA has declined steadily since the 1990’s.

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6ZYw TIL Pizza Hut still keeps its original online ordering page from 1994 up and running
QyXd TIL that Buddhists have been replanting decedents of the tree that Buddha reached enlightenment under for thousands of years.
d8OO8 TIL that Barry George, the man wrongly convicted of the murder of UK television presenter Jill Dando, was denied compensation as a victim of miscarriage of justice for the 8 years he spent in prison as a judge deemed that he was “not innocent enough to be compensated”.
9wVvQ TIL Mimolette is a cheese who got invented during the France-Holland war after France banned Dutch cheese imports. Its nutty flavor comes from mite-made holes in its rind. US customs detained in 2013 imports, citing FDA concerns about it being filthy, putrid, or unfit for human consumption.
D1DyD TIL that Henry Gunther is considered the last soldier to be killed during World War I. He was shot and killed at 10:59 a.m. about one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11:00 a.m.