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TIL unsolved murders aren't an occasional thing in the US, only around half of murders were solved in the past few years (even fewer are solved in some big cities)

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rN17o TIL of Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge, who had his leg blown off by a cannon in the Battle of Waterloo. It was put in a shrine in the garden of the house where he was amputated, becoming a local tourist attraction.
RdB6 TIL that while the Magna Carta is considered a foundation of English Law and an inspiration for personal liberty law around the world, only 3 of its 63 articles are still in effect.
N7xGe TIL about "New Sincerity" a term referring to the general shift away from cynicism and irony in popular culture.
R7R71 TIL according to the protocols of the Post Detection Policy, once an extraterrestrial civilization has been detected or identified, no single individual state or entity is to make contact. Communications must be voted on and presented on behalf of the entire human species as a unit.
xV6MB TIL a bog is acidic & a fen is alkaline; a swamp has trees and woody plants & a marsh has other types of plants