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TIL every fifth person in Greenland tries to commit suicide at some point in their lifetimes

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aMKb TIL Ejectees of a Martin Baker Ejection seat join the “Ejection Tie Club,” and receive a pin and tie.
7AVX TIL that all bananas (or nearly all) consumed in the United States are picked very green, then ‘flash ripened’ by exposing them to ethylene gas. I also learned (see wiki in 1st comment) that ethylene is the most-used organic compound in industry.
QJwlM TIL that Japan converts footsteps into renewable energy in Tokyo train stations and use it to power billboards around the city, using special floor boards that turn vibration into energy.
p8Abb TIL the Chinese besieged Alexandria Eschate, on of the cities that Alexander the Great had founded during his campaign. The city was attacked by the order of the emperor Wu Han in 102 B.C. and its capture stabilized Chinese expansion in the West contributing to opening up the Silk Road later on.
VMob8 TIL that one survivor from the Hindenburg disaster of 1937 is still alive. he recalls that "'suddenly the air was on fire".