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TIL starving to death can be ‘peaceful’ and 'euphoric’

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LQylm TIL that after having a hit with Ain't No Sunshine in 1971, Bill Withers refused to quit his job at a factory for some time afterwards, believing that the music industry was fickle. The album cover of the album which features the song is a photograph of Withers outside the factory where he worked.
W7DV8 TIL Love Island as a franchise is 20 years old (c. 2005). Its current streak of series since its revival has been running for 10 years.
p8mke TIL About 80,000 people are in solitary confinement in the U.S. every day. The average length of stay in solitary is 7.5 years. Solitary inmates are 5x more likely to commit suicide and 95% report new mental illnesses.
nRoG TIL the state drink of Pennsylvania is milk and its state food is chocolate chip cookies
jNXRn TIL about "Geostationary Orbit" where satellites match the rotation of the earth and stay above a fixed point on the earth's surface