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TIL that bachelorette parties are called "hen nights" in the UK, Ireland, and Australia — and used to be called "hen parties" in the US

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QlA6 TIL Nepal and Chatham Islands (of New Zealand) are the only places in the world with 15 minute offset from a standard time zone. (Nepal is UTC+05:45 and Chatham Islands is UTC+12:45 at the moment)
0wv0L TIL of Paul Michael Stephani, a serial killer known as the “weepy-voiced-killer”. After committing a murder, he would call the police and tearily confess to his crimes. He even said he would turn himself in, but never did. He was caught after one of his victims managed to fight him off.
8ajmG TIL of Operation Tracer, a plan to seal six members of the British Navy in a cave to monitor the Germans if they took over the Gibraltar base and tunnel system. One of the few involved and aware of the project was Ian Fleming, the author of James Bond.
XEYBk TIL that almost all the people of Xanthos, an ancient Lycian city in Anatolia, committed mass suicide in two events 500 years apart to avoid capture, first by the Persians and then by the Romans
R7Yxj TIL in 2018, a record 151,964 Americans died due to alcohol, drugs or suicide. These so-called "deaths of despair" disproportionately affect people who don't have access to mental health services.