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TIL US soldiers are four times as likely to die by suicide than in combat

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WkmPA TIL that the Antarctic research station at the south pole has to heat their cafeteria freezers.
pN5Z TIL that following the 1797 swearing-in of Federalist President John Adams, Democratic-Republican Vice President Thomas Jefferson extended his hand to Adams in an apparent handshake before jerking his hand away, adjusting his wig, and running his hand along the side of it.
Y8Br TIL Humans have a lot more than 5 senses, including balance, pressure, hunger and the ability to detect magnetic fields
yVQrl TIL that in 1879 Alabama dissolved the debt-ridden city of Mobile and simultaneously incorporated the 'Port of Mobile', with most of Mobile's land and population but none of its debt. The Supreme Court ruled in 1886 that the new city was the successor to the old and still owned the debts.
wLwV7 TIL Kevin Smith directed the music video to “Because I Got High” by Afroman