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TIL 70% of murders in Detroit go unsolved.

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d8RBr TIL that a sleeping dragon is a homemade device protesters use that invovles handcuffing arms together in a PVC pipe and use other materials to make it harder for police to cut through
9YdeB TIL that in 1997 Guillermo del Toro's father was kidnapped for ransom and his friend James Cameron withdrew $1 million in cash from his bank account and paid it.
9w6Ym TIL that the lizard has the largest poop-to-body-size ratio of any animal recorded at 80% of its body mass. The previous record, the Burmese python, had a poop 13% of its body mass. That's the equivalent of the average American releasing a 144-pound poop.
VBpa0 TIL although the Sovereign Military Order of Malta has no territory, it is often considered a sovereign entity of international law, issuing passports, money and postal stamps
QJvV6 TIL that the original cartoon studio founded by Walt Disney went bankrupt in 1928. It was home to many of the early pioneers of animation and was where Mickey Mouse was conceived.