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TIL a woman hung herself in front of several houses, went unreported for several hours due to many thinking it was a Halloween decoration.

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oRYPR TIL in 1929 an underwater earthquake in the Atlantic caused a tsunami that hit Canada's east coast
Z8QdG TIL around 3000 ethnic groups around the world use insects as a source of food. Insect eating is common in Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. 80% of the world's nations eat insects of 1000 to 2000 species. About 2 billion people worldwide regularly consume insects.
l8PA TIL Metallica’s Lars Ulrich announced that Metallica’s music is available for free streaming on Spotify. Which was founded by the same man who founded Napster. Sean Parker
4k6eR TIL A Nigerian city Igbo-Ora has such a high amount of identical twins to the point where there is an annual festival celebrating twins, with over 1,000 pairs of them in attendance
VBpPm TIL Global Life Expectancy went down in 2020 & 2021. Also, Despite the Global GDP being at an all-time high, people are less equal, wealth is not being shared, and people are anxious and uncertain about the future.