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TIL US military suicides exceed combat deaths..

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46BR TIL Bruce Lee the champion Kung Fu fighter, died because his friend had given him aspirin after complaining of a headache. Never taken aspirin before, he did not know he was allergic.
P1LgZ TIL that certain BEST Products stores were built with unique & controversial architecture. Stores such as the "Peeling Building", "Forest Building", "Tilt Building", "Inside/Outside Building" and others helped generate commercial success for the company at the time. (Zoomable store photos on link)
P1L5V TIL that Rickey Henderson was so proud of earning a million dollar signing bonus that he had the check framed instead of cashing it. He saved the envelopes of cash teams gave players for per diem expenses, allowing his kids to pick them out of a box when they did well in school
7KYO TIL that Tom Delonge quit Blink-182 not because of artistic differences, but because he wanted to research the existence of aliens
6E9el TIL 10 Billion Kuerig pods were produced in 2015, enough to circle the globe 12 times at the equator.