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TIL only 3 white guys have won NBA MVP in the last 30 years

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7yrZ TIL The number of firearms deaths of police officers fell 33 percent in 2013 and was the lowest since 1887.
EgrGV TIL about Ely Samuel Parker, a Tonawanda Seneca who was formally educated and served as an interpreter and tribal representative from the age of fourteen. During the Civil War he served on the staff of Ulysses S. Grant as military secretary and wrote out the official copy of the terms of surrender.
VBZ10 TIL There are more speakers of a language called Kannada than the population of Canada.
kJ475 TIL the term "semi" as in semi-trailer bears the name from the trailers ability to support itself. A trailer can fully support itself whereas a semi-trailer has no front axle, requiring support from the tractor portion to remain stable.
8a76K TIL The American women's soccer team has placed in the top three for every world cup since it started. If they win this year, they will have placed first in half of all the world cups.