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TIL a study titled “Where Are They Now?” in 1978 followed up on 515 people who were prevented from attempting suicide using the Golden Gate Bridge from 1937 to 1971. About 90% were either alive or had died of natural causes, concluding “suicidal behavior is crisis-oriented” rather than inexorable.

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VMAdQ TIL while shooting for Deliverance (1972), Burt Reynolds insisted on doing a stunt by himself instead of a dummy. During the stunt, he got injured and his clothes came off. Waking up in hospital, he asked the director what it looked like, who said, "It looked like a dummy falling over a waterfall.'
p80wb TIL honeybees that falls into water does not necessarily drown. Although they are not strong enough to free themselves from water directly (and their wings are too sticky when wet), they can use their wings to “surf” to safety at the edge of the pond,
VMgXp TIL After a certain depth under water your lungs are compressed to a point where you are no longer buoyant and will sink to the bottom unless you have something to hold on to
7rpRO TIL Chester Bennington's final purchase before his death was a new house in Los Angeles with five bedrooms and four bathrooms, priced at £2 million. Many people believe this may have been him trying to make sure his family were secure before his passing.
6Eo5J TIL that American cyclist Greg LeMond was accidentally shot with 60 shotgun pellets during a hunt, losing him 65% of his blood volume. Two years later, with 35 pellets still in his body, he won the 1989 Tour de France, becoming the first (and only) American to win the tournament twice.