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TIL engineers have the 5th highest suicide rate of all professions, right after factory workers.

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69N4W TIL Arthur Ashe published a three-volume book in 1988 titled A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete. He worked with researchers for nearly six years on the book and later stated that the book meant more to him than any of his tennis titles.
oR1EW TIL that the first artist to sing the national anthem with their own twist (Jose Feliciano in game 5 of 1968 World Series) was essentially blacklisted for his rendition of the song because folks found it offensive. He wasn't back on Americans' good side until he dropped Feliz Navidad.
wDb6 TIL Mr. Balls, aka ‘Senor Testiculo,’ is a cancer awareness mascot in Brazil.
d81ZQ TIL: A 17th Century Indian religious poem (30 couplets long) when read forward recites the story of the God Rama and the same when read backwards recites the story of the God Krishna.
D1Gle TIL of Robert Maxwell, media mogul, British MP, fraudster, and suspected spy. After his naked body was found in the ocean, it was revealed that he had stolen hundreds of millions of pounds from his companies’ pension funds. He is also the father of Ghislaine Maxwell.