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TIL there have been 256,000 unsolved homicides across the United States since 1980

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Blge TIL that when the game ending whistle blew in the 1950 World Cup final hosted in Brazil, a Brazilian fan immediately committed suicide and three others died from heart attacks as a result of shock and shame from losing the final at home.
R7ZZj TIL about a South Vietnam Pilot Who Performed a Daring Feat To Save His Family by landing a 2-Seater Cessna on an American aircraft carrier while escaping South Vietnam on its last full day as a country.
9Y6Rm TIL about Patrick Vincent Coleman, train dispatcher who died saving hundreds of lives during the Halifax Explosion. His final message: "Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
8amKL TIL In 1953, the newspaper Liberation published a death-bed confession by a Parisian roofer that he had murdered Zola by blocking the chimney of his house
M7JGm TIL In the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo, deep within its dense rainforests, a remarkable discovery was made in 2012 that captured the attention of scientists and nature enthusiasts alike. A new species of monkey, known as the Lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis)