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TIL that Washington DC’s violent crime rates dramatically rose after banning handguns

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0w6wy TIL that one man has painted nearly all the ski maps in the US
90aQ TIL falcons sometimes become sexually imprinted on humans. In order to bred them, the breeder lets the male bird copulate with his head while wearing a special hat with pockets to catch the semen.
9YG9G TIL that the river Thames in England is 47 million years older than the Amazon
B44r TIL in 1924, children playing on the banks of a river in Germany discovered a human skull. More bones were discovered, eventually leading to the arrest of Fritz Haarman, who was butchering humans and selling their flesh as pork.
9wKoB TIL that Yuma High School’s mascot is the Criminal because the first school building was the old Yuma Territorial Prison.