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TIL that people who attempted suicide are at a higher risk of dying from a cardiovascular disease

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VM6VB TIL about Ashley's Sack. Ashley, a slave, was sold at nine years old. Her mother provided a cotton sack as a parting gift. Telling her "it be filled with my love always", it contained a tattered dress, a handful of pecans, and a braid of her mother's hair.
a8pNM TIL that the extremely risky and highly successful first test launch of the Saturn V rocket helped revitalize the US's moon landing ambitions.
QJjYp TIL The grinch star Jim Carrey got CIA torture endurance training to get through the makeup sessions.
Wkjr9 TIL of John Nixon, an 88-year-old former commando who attacked five robbers who were mugging a woman. He was stabbed in the hands and head after trying to disarm one of them. They fled afterwards, leaving empty handed. Nixon survived the encounter and recovered in hospital.
xn6w TIL that goldfish can live beyond 20 years if you take good care of them. The oldest goldfish on record was 43 years.