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TIL 1 in 4 Greenlanders attempt suicide once in their lifetime

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Oxj4 TIL: “One man actually succeeded in reinventing the wheel. John Keogh … submitted a patent application for a ‘circular transportation facilitation device’ in May 2001, shortly after a new patent system was introduced in Australia. His 'wheel’ was issued a patent.”
rR8Nx TIL There was a romance novel about KFC, set in medieval England. It launched in 2017 for mothers day, and was called "Tender Wings of Desire".
Yp6VB TIL Hudson's Bay Company is the oldest business in Canada. Founded in 1670
wop7M TIL Port Hedland, a tiny little town in North Western Australia, is home to the 2nd largest bulk export port in the world and the #1 highest tonnage port in Australia with annual throughput of over 500 million tonnes of mostly iron ore headed to China.
5YeZp TIL that Hubbard said that Dianetics will allow men to, “rape women without their knowing it“ and excuses male pedophile behavior while blaming the child victim.