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TIL that despite a rate of gun ownership among the highest, Switzerland has one of the lowest murder rates in the world.

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gX8b TIL of a thing called Face Blindness that means you can’t recognize people’s faces even if you’ve known them for years
oRmn7 TIL that the very first "crowd wave" at a sports event ocurred spontaneously. At a Colorado Rockies NHL ice hockey game in 1980, a section of the crowd rose to their feet slightly later than the section beside them. This continued around the area to complete a "wave", without having been prompted.
7XMP TIL in 2017 Pueblo County will become the first governmental body in the world to offer college scholarships to their best students, fully paid for by marijuana taxes.
awLly TIL “Australium,” a fictional metal in the video game Team Fortress 2, has an equally fictional electron configuration showing two kangaroos boxing within the nucleus.
0AJL TIL David Kaczynski, the Unabomber’s brother, received a $1 Million reward from the FBI for tipping off authorities of his brother’s involvement. After paying off his legal expenses, he donated most the money to the victims.