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TIL according to the FBI’s 2007 statistics, interracial violent crime is at least 8x more likely to be black on white than white on black. The study found over 430,000 instances of black on white robberies, murders, assaults, etc., compared to about 55,000 white on black violent crimes

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7G6M TIL The Institute for Historical Review, a group that denies the holocaust, offered $50,000 for verifiable “proof that gas chambers for the purpose of killing human beings existed at or in Auschwitz” the reward was claimed in 1985 by an Auschwitz survivor.
Akgw TIL up until the 1850’s there was no “left and right” shoe, all were identical
Z8rNQ TIL that contrary to popular belief, sweating does not remove toxins from the body. Dehydration from excessive sweating can actually make it harder for your body to remove toxins.
QJb1E TIL: Submarine networking is the process by which data is carried on subsea cables to connect continents. Submarine networks carry 95 percent of the world’s intercontinental electronic communications traffic.
X0A9r TIL: The world’s largest pyramid, Tlachihualtepetl, can be found not in Egypt, but hidden beneath a hill in a small town in the central Mexican state of Puebla.