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TIL 70% of murders in Detroit go unsolved.

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R5R9Q TIL after surviving a suicide attempt, the rapper Vanilla Ice took up jet-skiing and reached a world ranking of 6.
dD6Zr TIL that a new species of electric blue tarantula was discovered in Thailand’s forests.
oBdZK TIL the potential assassin, Richard Lawrence, of Andrew Jackson had both of his guns misfire & Jackson then clubbed him with his cane. Even members of the House had to stop him from beating the man to death.
grB5L TIL Michael J. Fox was not the first actor cast as Marty McFly. That honor went to Eric Stoltz, but only a few weeks into filming, director Robert Zemeckis and writer Bob Gale fired Stoltz, and replace him with Fox.
OoaM6 TIL due to the octopus's intelligence, they and all other cephalopods are the only invertebrates that need to be anesthesised before surgery.