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TIL Wild mice actually enjoy running on exercise wheels.

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pYy6O TIL according to the CDC's 2021 report on the leading causes of death: suicide was the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10-14 and 25-34 & the third leading cause of death among those between the ages of 15-24.
dMRE TIL turtles fart. A lot.
88xb TIL Each year about 14,700 murders are committed the US, the murder solve rate is approximately 63%, that means around 5,400 people get away with murder EVERY year.
XER16 TIL that Mozart was among the top income earners of society back in his day and lived lavishly, earning about 10,000 florins/yr vs 25 fl/yr for laborers and ~500 for some in the upper class. He was also not buried in a pauper’s grave, just that only Aristocrats were allowed to have private burials.
4DAX TIL Singapore is the only country in the history of the modern world to gain independence against its own will.