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TIL the Vatican has the World’s highest crime rate

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gWRb TIL the longest coma ever recorded is 37 years and 111 days.
mxyWY TIL: the US Gov't made a deal with the Italian Mafia to ensure that no German or Italian saboteurs snuck in through the New York port/docks by providing information to the US Navy. They also guaranteed no dockworkers would strike, therefore ensuring a constant line of supplies leaving to the front.
X0Prr TIL of research into genetically engineering humans for space and living on other planets. One method is epigenome engineering and would target genes advantageous for space. Another method is to combine the DNA of other species (i.e. tardigrades) with human cells to make humans better fit for space.
LjoQ TIL that in Texas ‘The use of force to resist an arrest or search is justified if, before you offers any resistance, the peace officer uses or attempts to use greater force than necessary to make the arrest or search. 9.31 Subsection (b)
MGRK TIL that Axl Rose demands ‘square-shaped melons’ before he will perform on stage, claiming they are “essential to his performance.”