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TIL suicide is more common than homicide in America.

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N7oNQ TIL that George Clooney wanted Julia Roberts for the movie Ocean's Eleven but never met her before. Julia Roberts was charging $20 million a movie at the time so Clooney, unable to afford her, send her a script with a $20 bill with a note, 'I heard you’re getting 20 a picture.' She agreed to do it.
XPlR TIL: That a Princeton study determined that America is no longer a Democracy, but rather an Oligarchy.
dByr TIL of Andy George, a man who spent 6 months hand growing and raising every ingredient to make a sandwich. After a rough cost of $1,500, he says it was the pickles and mayo that threw off the final product.
7rnEM TIL Queen Elizabeth II has had a lifelong love for Corgi dogs. She was gifted her 1st Corgi, “Susan,” in 1944 for her 18th b-day. Since ascending to the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth had over 30 Corgis, all descendants of her 1st Corgi Susan. The last descendant died 74 years later, in 2018.
kODP7 TIL that there is a small increase in number of heart attacks globally at the start of daylight savings time in spring (when people lose an hour's sleep) and a corresponding decrease at the end