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Nonfiction book that had facts that shocked you (lemmy.world)

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I've taken a break from nonfiction for a while (finished lotr and read a whole bunch of Stephen king). Now I want to go back to reading nonfiction, but I want something that will pull me in another world of facts I didn't know about. Be it political, sociology.... anything really. I don't know if "facts" is the word I'm looking for here (English is my second language). Can I say "discoveries"? Things you've found through the book that shocked you? Hope that makes sense.
Thanks in advance

Edit: Thank you all for the great suggestions. I've saved this post and will go through the list. Much, much appreciated 🫶🏽

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 7 points 3 weeks ago

Autobiography is very much my favorite genre, so this will be colored by that. IDK if this matches "facts" but it is fascinating windows into little sections of the world I had not known existed.

"Trawler" by Redmond O'Hanlon - The insane people who catch all the fish you eat
"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins - How neoliberalism works in terrifying detail
"Failure is Not an Option" by Gene Kranz - How the space program actually functioned

These ones might be more what you had meant about it:

"Never Home Alone" by Rob Dunn - Little creatures that share your home
"God's Bestseller" by Brian Moynahan - The medieval church kills a bunch of people to stop people reading the bible for themselves in English, and how it got translated despite their efforts