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TIL women attempt suicide more than men, but men are just more successful at it

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a8pvb Til- The division of the hour into 60 minutes and of the minute into 60 seconds comes from the Babylonians who used a sexagesimal (counting in 60s) system for mathematics and astronomy. They derived their number system from the Sumerians who were using it as early as 3500 BC.
yQ1ra TIL Of Nicholas Winton who was known for organizing the rescue of 669 Czech children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during the 9 months before war broke out in 1939.
Brejb Today I learned that It was actually Andy Sambrg who was Eric andre's echokinetor in this episode
W7R1N TIL in 2001, a baby bear, lion, and tiger were rescued from a drug dealers house in Atlanta. They had bonded as a trio and remained friends for over 15 years. Usually as animals grow older, they grow apart from other species, but these three remained close and even lived in the same habitat.
nwGo TIL Greyhounds have a 270-degree range of vision. They can see objects behind them and over ½ mile in front of them