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TIL: During the 2008 recession, WHO and CDC reported an increase of 5,000 suicides in the first year per country.

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pQa8 TIL in Japan there is a family that has run the same hotel for nearly 1,300 years … or 46 generations
NPk6 TIL Home Alone was no.1 at the box office for 12 straight weeks and its theater run lasted from Nov 1990 until the summer of 1991, where it was still making appearances in the top 10 in box office draw.
D1a7r TIL Richard Nixon once admitted he wanted to become a rapper. The confession was rediscovered by a Washington Post reporter in 1997 while listening to one of the presidential recordings.
nWlor TIL that when Mozart died unexpectedly at age 35, rumors began circulating that he was poisoned by his colleague Antonio Salieri. Though proven untrue, the accusations and public belief contributed to nervous breakdowns later in Salieri's life.
MeJQK TIL a UK study found that North American gray squirrels are smarter than UK red squirrels at tasks to get hazelnuts. Both gray & red equally opened a clear flap to get a nut. But in a multi-step task including operating a lever to get a nut, 91% of gray squirrels solved it vs 62% of red squirrels.