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

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wo846 TIL Canada's population growth rate of 2.7% in 2022 would put it among the top 20 in the world. Almost all countries with a higher pace of population growth were in Africa.
5Yn0Q TIL Words like Juggernaut, Punch, Calico,Shampoo have been brought by the British Raj from India to the English language.
X0LPP TIL that Tupac Shakur's group, "The Outlawz", smoked some of his body's ashes after mixing them with marijuana.
NVrb TIL that in 1961 a B52 broke apart over Goldsboro, NC while carrying two fully armed 3.8 megaton thermonuclear bombs. One fell to Earth, breaking apart. The other went through 5 of 6 steps needed for detonation including deploying its parachute and charging its detonation capacitors.
w4Vo TIL: Extinguishing macho culture on oil rigs resulted in a company’s accident rate declining by 84%, while productivity, efficiency, and reliability increased beyond the industry’s previous benchmark