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TIL Suicide Rate is 3 times higher than Homicide Rate in the US

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DQBPg TIL The last time hostages were given as assurances for a treaty was 1748, when two British peers were sent to France
WkLyB TIL that George Harrison, a member of The Beatles, lost his virginity in Hamburg, Germany while the rest of the band watched. Of course, they applauded and cheered when he finished.
jNnGR TIL about the moon landing’s ‘Human Computers’. Who were a group of women, who held math and science degrees, and were responsible for managing the moon landing’s incredibly complex calculations. They also did it real-time, by written hand, and were faster than any technology available before 1970.
D1a4v TIL lightning can heat the surrounding air to as hot as 50,000 °F, three time hotter than the surface of the sun. As the super heated air cools, it produces a particular vacuum. The rapid contraction and expansion of this air is what causes thunder.
QnaM TIL that many golf courses that host professional tournaments, I.E. Augusta National, have an underground vacuum drainage system to remove water from their golf greens.