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TIL of the murder of Henryk Siwiak, on September 11, 2001. Shot and killed in Brooklyn, his murder is the only one recorded in NYC that day apart from the 9/11 attacks, and his death remains unsolved.

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JYLak TIL human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count and the rest are microscopic colonists
oRBPK TIL Yuri Knorozov, a Soviet Officer in the Second World War, went on to become essential in the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphics after finding a book in the German National Library during the end of the war, and taking the statement that "Maya Hieroglyphics were indecipherable" personally.
VML0k TIL The author of the Anarchist Cookbook, an infamous instructional book on homemade explosives, weapons, and drugs, regretted its publication. He attempted to have it removed several times, only to be thwarted by the publisher Lyle Stuart.
WkEWX TIL that queen Elizabeth was a mechanic in ww2.
rN1V0 TIL That Vietnam has the most favorable view of the United States in the world