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TIL that certain “suicide bridges” have installed special telephones with a connection to a suicide hotline incase you feel the need to jump.

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wQZ6 TIL During the “Red Terror” of 1918, Communist secret police in Orel “poured water on naked prisoners bound in the winter streets until they became living ice statues.” In Ukraine, they “rolled people around in barrels studded internally with nails.” Upwards of 1 million people died.
LQBbm TIL that in 1836, the Whigs wanted to force a contingent election by nominating 4 candidates for President. They failed and Van Buren got the necessary majority to win.
epApL TIL that Walt Disney refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to film at Disneyland in the early 1960s because he had made "that disgusting movie Psycho."
v1OoD TIL: The Walt Disney Company is the second largest purchaser of explosive devices, right behind the U.S. Department of Defense.
0dXxL TIL that in 1960, the USA all by itself accounted for 40% of the entire planet’s GDP