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TIL blacks and Hispanics make up BOTH 96% of victims and suspects of shootings in New York City (Page 11 of 16 in the report) and 85%+ of all crime suspects according to the NYPD [PDF]

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NX0Bb TIL Stereotypes are usually (not always… usually) true, and stereotyping is a necessary part of human survival in assessing both safe and unsafe situations and surroundings. It’s a natural process of the human brain. See link for more info.
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1aan7 TIL that town planning was once an Olympic event, as were several other architectural disciplines. The Olympics were to be about the arts as much as sport and contestants could compete in literature, music and several other non-sporting pursuits
055M TIL that most male birds have no penis. Most species reproduce by “kissing” buttholes for a few seconds.
jNDop TIL since the early 1990s, 10% of all electricity consumed in the United States has come from decommissioned Soviet nuclear warheads.