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TIL in the UK, the most common cause of death for men under 50 is suicide.

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OoO0g TIL of Marthanda Varma, the ruler of Travancore who battled and won against the Dutch East India Company in 1741. The Dutch never recovered from the defeat and no longer posed a large colonial threat to India.
DQvwP TIL of a fungus that infects periodical cicadas, Massospora cicadina, which produces drug-like substances such as an amphetamine analogue, causing infected cicadas to be hypersexual, as well as causing infected male cicadas to allow themselves to be mounted by other males in order to infect them.
X0DyQ Til Boxing day in the UK has to do with a tradition of boxing up presents to give to the poor and has nothing to do with boxing the sport
v1RE8 TIL that Lebron James refuses to pay for apps or music and only uses his phone when he's on wifi
R7OG8 TIL Monarch Butterflies are nearly extinct in the US - their population has declined +80% in the last two decades. AND MILKWEED is the ONLY host plant for baby Monarch caterpillars. Plant it!