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TIL That around 40% of US homicides remain unsolved.

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DQnZp TIL that the sport of curling originated in medieval Scotland and was originally played on frozen ponds and lochs. The first official curling club was formed in Scotland in the 1800s, and the sport has since spread to many countries around the world, including Canada.
691v7 TIL they make car elevators to make parking easier especially in narrow streets. They cost $55,000 and Harrison Ford, Britney Spears and Mitt Romney all have one.
OKy6 TIL inhabitants of North Sentinel Island have been there for 60,000ish years, remain completely untouched by modern civilization and kill outsiders who get too close.
woOwo TIL that in 1939, African-American singer Marian Anderson was denied permission to perform at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Hall had a white performers-only policy. Anderson responded by giving an open-air concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
RbK8 TIL Nazi censors wrote to J.R.R. Tolkien, inquiring whether he was of Jewish decent to see if they needed to ban his books in Germany. Tolkien wrote back saying he wished he could be so lucky.