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TIL Most Americans Believe U.S. Violent Crime is Worsening, when Really Rates are Near All-time Lows

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9wvE7 TIL that anyone who wishes to join the French Foreign Legion must do anonymously under an assumed name. After one year of service, the recruit may choose to officially give the legion their real name.
4wg5 TIL that while mathematician Kurt Gödel prepared for his U.S. citizenship exam he discovered an inconsistency in the constitution that could, despite of its individual articles to protect democracy, allow the USA to become a dictatorship.
b69o9 TIL that before the German recording sessions for "She Loves You" and "I Want to hold your Hand", the Beatles refused to show up to the recording studio and had a tea party at their hotel room instead until producer George Martin came over to take them.
781br TIL about Gorham's disease, also known as vanishing bone disease, is a rare skeletal disorder where bones progressively disappear and are replaced by abnormal blood vessels or fibrous tissue. It can affect any part of the skeleton and its cause is unknown.
R5Wg4 TIL that the ancient Olmecs believed in werejaguars, similar to the werewolf in European cultures.