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TIL All of the beaches along the Oregon coast are owned by the state and are free and open to all

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M7xwm TIL that "The Nutcracker" ballet wasn't considered a success when it premiered in 1892. It wasn't performed in the United States until the 1940s and didn't gain widespread popularity and develop into a holiday staple until the 1960s.
bMkN TIL at the age of 5 years and 11 months, Ayan Qureshi took and passed Microsoft’s IT Technician Exam, making him the youngest certified computer specialist in the world.
mD5y TIL that Abraham Lincoln suffered from a lifelong “melancholy,” a condition we now call clinical depression. His suffering was so severe, that his community had to put him under a “suicide watch.”
lDOr TIL during the Makahiki festival in Hawaii, the chief would go off shore in a canoe. When he came back warriors threw spears at him and he had to deflect them to prove his worthiness to rule.
KOKna TIL: During the 2008 recession, WHO and CDC reported an increase of 5,000 suicides in the first year per country.