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TIL that 89% of NYC crime is nonwhite

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X0p8Q TIL that sex verification in elite sports was tried via chromosomal testing. It was abandoned by the IOC in 1999 after athletes' chromosome results not aligning with their assigned sex.
5OOk TIL - An apparently mentally ill Roman Catholic priest has regularly interrupted sporting events by running onto the track with signs about the impending apocalypse. He may have cost a Brazilian runner his Olympic Gold Medal. He was finally defrocked in 2005.
VMe00 TIL that the UC Santa Barbara Library has thousands of late 19th/early 20th Century wax cylinder records, with many available to listen online
BroDW TIL in 2016 when Kyrgyzstan sought to amend their constitution, they couldn't find their official copy of it
Wd99 TIL there exist people who can locate objects through echolocation, making it possible for blind people to ride bicycles through traffic.