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TIL 1 in 4 Greenlanders attempt suicide once in their lifetime

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epP4E TIL an ostriches knee is hidden by its feathers. The part of their leg that looks like a knee is actually their ankle.
M7MOb TIL From 1778 to 1871, the United States government entered into more than 500 treaties with the Native American tribes - and violated every single one.
wLmDP TIL on Nov. 26, 1977 a television station in southern England had their broadcast hijacked by an entity referring to itself as Vrillon of the Ashtar Galactic Command who disrupted regular programming to give a six-minute message about humanity's future. The mystery has never been solved.
nWmyW TIL Roman toilets were life-threatening. Creatures would come up and bite, wiping was done with a shared stick with a sponge (never cleaned) and there was so much methane that the toilets exploded. So many people died, they tried to use magic spells to keep demons away. (NSFW)?
KAba TIL that inscribed pottery from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt list three human genders.