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TIL Homicide is strongly correlated to depression and not to mania

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AD4X4 TIL that one of the co-founders of United fruit company (a.k.a Chiquita brand) began importing bananas to US to pay off a debt from building a railroad in Costa Rica. Bananas were originally planted along the railway to feed the workers.
ZrgG TIL that “TV Pickup” is a phenomenon wherein people in Britain all simultaneously turn on their electric kettles during commercial TV breaks causing massive power surges countrywide.
6ELGY TIL when The Cure's Robert Smith interviewed David Bowie, his started by asserting: ‘We can both agree you’ve never done anything good since 1982.’
YpPLd TIL of Anders Lassen a maverick Danish member of the British Special Forces in WW2. He once filed a 5 word battle report “Landed. Killed Germans. Fucked off”. He also drove a stolen jeep through the hotel he was staying at, into the elevator, and parked in his room. He was awarded the Victoria Cross
VMl5Q TIL that due to Bengal famine in 1770 almost 10 million people died in Bengal in 4 years eliminating 1/3rd of the population. This led to huge reduction in land Revenues of the East India Company which then influenced British to pass Tea act to reduce its troubles which led to Boston Tea Party.