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TIL Americans killed by cops now outnumbers Americans killed in the Iraq War.

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vlm4 TIL Greenland has a university, with 14 staff and 150 students. It is so small because the Government pays for students to have a free university education anywhere in Europe or North America.
pRe4 TIL at a launch site in South Dakota, the entrance to the underground missile launch control center is sealed by a blast-proof door painted like a Domino’s Pizza logo, and hand-lettered text on the door reads “World-wide delivery in 30 minutes or less, or your next one is free”.
gyGD TIL of the Shepard tone, an auditory illusion that gives the sensation of a continuously rising pitch. It helped create the overwhelming suspense in the film “Dunkirk”
wo551 TIL The Vessel in Hudson Yards Manhattan has been temporarily closed due to the large numbers of suicides at the top.
Pe7E TIL that there are no pokemon below level 2 found in the wild because the “Medium Slow” experience formula caused level one pokemon to give negative experience, making a pokemon level instantly to 100.