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TIL because we compare ourselves to the people around us, countries with the happiest people also have the highest suicide rates.

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wLDNM TIL that for the movie "O Brother, Where art Thou?", the cows that were shot and hit by the police car looked so realistic that the American Humane Society wouldn't immediately certify the movie as "No Animals Were Harmed". A representative had to be shown how they were digitally created ten times.
nZZB TIL Hulda Regehr Clark - the creator of “Cure for All Cancers” alternative medicine regime - died from multiple myeloma, a blood and bone cancer.
bWpp TIL That Bill Cosby and Bryan Cranston are the only two people to win three consecutive Emmys.
Y7eXr TIL WW2 caused some 70-85 million deaths, from Germany’s invasion of Poland to Japan’s surrender (Sept 1, 1939-Sept 2, 1945). On average, that’s about: 12,000,000 lives yearly, 972,000 per month, 32,000 every day, 1,330 per hour & 22 each minute. So, a life every 3 seconds, constantly, for 6 years…
QNneM TIL about the Robertson family who tried to sail around the world in 1970s. They were shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean after orcas bashed their boat yet the family survived for 38 days on a dinghy before being rescued.