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TIL that suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US

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MJdm TIL of Jerningham Wakefield, a New Zealand politician who was such a notorious drunk, his friends would lock him in Parliament overnight to keep him sober enough to vote the next day. However, this failed in 1872 when his political enemies began lowering bottles of whisky down the chimney.
KYrDQ TIL Jaws 3 was planned as spoof about studio trying to make Jaws sequel, titled 'Jaws 3, People 0'. It was canceled when Spielberg objected the idea.
XEkVk TIL Robert Frost's "A Road Less Traveled" was intended to be a humorous jab at an indecisive colleague. The poem's intent was to convey how both paths are basically the same with the same outcome, so you should just select one randomly and get the fuck on with it already.
mxAWy TIL a study of newly-wed couples found that women are happier with ugly men, including improved committment and better sexual performance.
JYVYv TIL the word cheesecake has sexual connotations and was used in the 1660s to describe promiscuous women