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TIL Japan's infamous suicide rate is only 4.2% higher than the US's, and their male rate is lower.

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R7Yw4 TIL that due to dark chicken meat being disliked in the US, they export it to other countries that do prefer it such as Russia. Their trade with Russia began in 1991 after the fall of the USSR. The chicken legs became so popular that they're nicknamed "Bush legs" after then President Bush Sr.
rdWM TIL that the Krubera Cave in Georgia is the deepest cave on earth, descending over 2 kilometres into the depths of the Earth’s crust.
YleB TIL: In 1992, a UK regulation required dance clubs to provide free water and chill-out rooms in response to a number of Ecstasy-related injuries and deaths
Y7gJ7 TIL that LBJ constantly asked the flight crew of Air Force One to change the temperature of the cabin. Eventually, they installed a fake control knob for him to 'control' the temperature himself. The president stopped complaining.
A8vB TIL Arctos is the Greek word for bear, meaning the Grizzly Bear’s scientific name (Ursus arctos) literally translates as “Bear Bear”, the Arctic Ocean is the “Bear Ocean”, and Antarctica is “The Land with no Bears”.