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TIL that from 2007 to 2021, suicide rates for Americans ages 10 to 24 rose 62%, according to the CDC.

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0weky TIL - The name Devo comes from their concept of 'de-evolution'—the idea that instead of continuing to evolve, mankind has actually begun to regress, as evidenced by the dysfunction and herd mentality of American society.
lorYA TIL NASA officially banned consuming Alcohol in space in 1972 after sherry was proposed for Skylab meals, but it never really went away. “NASA will tell you there is no alcohol aboard the ISS” says astronaut Clayton Anderson. “As a person who lived there for five months, I’ll tell you that’s bogus."
QK7k TIL that until 2011, anything containing less than 10% alcohol in Russia was just considered foodstuff.
rNl4W TIL the main key to the Bastille is kept in George Washington’s home, Mount Vernon. It was given to him by the Marquis de Lafayette in 1790, who wrote “It is a tribute which I owe as a son to my adoptive father, as an aide-de-camp to my general, as a missionary of liberty to its patriarch.”
780p TIL in 1971, Ted Bundy worked at Seattle’s Suicide Hotline crisis center.