I just finished The Dawn of Everything by Graeber and Wengrow, and it's a remarkable look at state formation, prehistoric societies, the process by which cultures differentiate from each other and form their identities, the origins of farming and why it was (or wasn't) adopted around the world, and so much more.

If you have even a passing interest in prehistory, it's a must-read

The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins. This one is kinda cheating because if genocide doesn't shock you then something is wrong

For psychology: Thinking Fast and Slow. A discussion of different types of thinking patterns, when they get triggered and why. It was very famous at some point and rightly so. The writing is made more engaging by the author relating the concepts to anecdotes of his life, in particular how he discovered some of the concepts described during his research career in psychology.

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

Find indigenous histories.

Specifically written by the people the history is about.

Oh, good topic! I always recommend Blackshirts and Reds. Another good one is Michael Hudson's Super-Imperialism. I also intend on reading Settlers soon. Can't neglect to mention Capital, the sections specifically on the conditions of labor in early Britain, with child labor, suffocation, crushing, etc. were genuinely revolting.

As a side-note, I made an introductory Marxist-Leninist reading list, if you find yourself generally interested in the topics I listed above.

Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes by Daniel Everett.

It’s about a guy who travels to the deep Amazon to live with the Pirahã as a Christian missionary. His experiences with these people and their unique culture and language leads to his deconversion, and eventually his study of their odd language and unique culture leads him to challenge Noam Chomsky’s theory of Universal Grammar (which shakes up the world of linguistics through controversy).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prize%3A_The_Epic_Quest_for_Oil%2C_Money%2C_and_Power

Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen.

It’s truly horrifying how close we are to destruction.

I can't remember the book, just the fact. The "Fibonacci Sequence" (1+2=3,2+3=5,3+5=8,5+8=13,...) exactly adheres to certain natural progressions in nature like nautilus shells, pine cones, and sunflower plants.

Unconscious Memory - Terrell Bainbridge.