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TIL that suicide rates aren’t highest among teens or young adults, but the elderly in their seventies/eighties

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nW6Er TIL The 1896 Ford Quadricycle was Henry Ford's first attempt to build a gasoline-powered automobile and he tried to make it as simple as possible. He sold his Quadricycle for $200 in order to build his second car but bought the car back for $65 in 1904 after his company became successful
oBg6L TIL that in 2019 LEGO polled more than 3000 kids aged 8-12 year olds about future dream professions - while a majority of kids in China (56%) wanted to be astronauts when they grow up, in the US and UK, becoming a Youtuber was the most chosen profession, 3X more popular than astronauts
KrXE TIL that Saudi Arabia’s religious police have an “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” who operate a hotline to which citizens can report magic.
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