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TIL The youngest known person to commit suicide was 6 year old Samantha Kuberski who tied a belt to a crib and hung herself after being sent to her room.

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ANL0l TIL about the blood(like) rain that happened in Kerala India
X00DR TIL that when filming the iconic final scene of Real Genius, over 140 tons of popcorn had to be popped since the film was made before CGI was invented.
KOE5J TIL in 2016, "a boy was killed and 20 others infected by anthrax released when retreating permafrost exposed the frozen carcass of a reindeer killed by the bacteria at least 75 years earlier; 2,000 present-day reindeer were infected, too, carrying and spreading the disease further."
P1V1e TIL that when local troops, hired by communist Albania, attempted to capture Prince Leka — the exiled Crown Prince of Albania — while he was in Gabon, he dissuaded them by appearing at the door of the plane holding a bazooka.
V4LB TIL that the widely distributed Sears Roebuck catalog was also used as a popular substitute for toilet paper until it began to be printed on glossy paper (at which point some people wrote to the company to complain).