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TIL 70% of murders in Detroit go unsolved

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BrZeK TIL When the nazis burned books in 1933, one "burned" author was actually present in the crowd. Incognito, child book author and satirist Erich Kästner watched the fanatic nazi students toss his works into the flames. He had to leave when a woman recognized him and cried out his name.
0waOA TIL some BB gun pellets can go through a child's skull and cause brain damage (case studies in link)
ANwr7 TIL that nothing happened in the world from 4th - 15th October 1582, because those dates don't exist. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, it was agreed to advance the calendar 10 days to compensate for the drift from the equinoxes, as the Julian Calendar was inaccurate by 0.0025 days.
0wKGR TIL that by the time the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus visited the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt in the 5th Century B.C., the pyramid was already 2000 years old.
7va7 TIL There is a pepper grown in Japan called the Shishito pepper. Only 1 out of 10 is spicy and there’s no way of knowing beforehand.