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TIL that in 1911, poisoning by drinking Lysol was the most common means of suicide in Australia and New York

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Eg98V TIL that the oldest known impacted wisdom tooth belonged to a European woman who lived between 13,000 and 11,000 BCE. Molar impaction was a rare condition prior to the modern era: it became ten times more common after the introduction of soft, processed foods.
a8OZJ TIL cancer associated with the 9/11 attacks has impacted 11x more people than died in the attacks
D19Br TIL "Noodling" as a means of catching catfish using bare hands as bait, is practiced primarily in the South. It requires fishermen to reach into submerged breeding holes in riverbanks in hopes that the catfish will swim forward and latch onto their hand or is large enough to be grabbed by the gills
OGxNX TIL that the longest continually updated video game is UnReal World, at 32 years. It was released in 1992 and the latest update was in 2024.
kJ0PB TIL that Neptune's deep blue color were not accurately color balanced and its contrast was enhanced. In reality, it has a pale blue color, very similar to Uranus