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TIL Switzerland allows assisted suicide even by non physicians if carried out for altruistic/unselfish reasons

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RMxw TIL The lion used in the original MGM movie logo killed its trainer and two assistants the day after the logo was filmed.
0dGwN TIL that Texas used to be part of Mexico until 1836. Then it became an independent country for 9 years before being annexed by the United States in 1845.
OyxR TIL the US dollar has declined 95% in value since the inception of the Federal Reserve in 1913.
awGPL TIL that after their victory at the Battle of Marathon, the Greeks carved a statue of Nemesis (the goddess who punishes the arrogant) out of an enormous block of marble that the Persians had brought to the battle with the intention of carving a monument to their victory over the Greeks.
e0RQJ TIL Jean-Pierre Adams, former french footballer has been in coma for 36 years now (since 1982) following a knee surgery