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TIL a pricing dispute over bamboo poles led to a war that killed 21 million people

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6E9mQ TIL the Number 1 regret of the dying is not having the courage to live the life they wanted
gM8r9 TIL that Lebron James rejected a $10 million offer from Reebok when he was just 18. When asked why, he said that Nike or Adidas might offer him a bit more. Less than a year later, he accepted a $90 million offer from Nike.
pYyPA TIL that Taco Bell partnered with a recycling company so you can ship back your empty hot sauce packets
M7EE8 TIL of Abu Zubaydah, a detainee of Guantanamo Bay for over 20 years. He has never been charged and has been tortured, including being waterboarded 83 times in one month
1NaW TIL a study titled “Where Are They Now?” in 1978 followed up on 515 people who were prevented from attempting suicide using the Golden Gate Bridge from 1937 to 1971. About 90% were either alive or had died of natural causes, concluding “suicidal behavior is crisis-oriented” rather than inexorable.