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TIL 75% of all suicide attempts are by self-poisoning, a method that is often thwarted because the drug is nonlethal or is used at a nonlethal dosage. These people survive 97% of the time.

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Z8PpR TIL that larch trees were planted in a German forest that displayed a giant swastika when viewed from above. The design remained visible for over 60 years until the reunified German government discovered the site from aerial photographs.
N7kJ8 TIL cashew nuts grow on the bottom of cashew apples.
N7nLQ TIL: a 'State of Emergency ' in Tasmania allows authorized officers to dispose of human remains in the manner that the authorized officer considers appropriate despite any law that would otherwise prevent or restrict that disposal.
GYMZ7 TIL: While the Europeans brought Smallpox to the Americas, the Native Americans gave the Europeans syphilis, leading to the disease's introduction to europe in 1495
5VM4D TIL a classmate of Anne Frank, Theo Coster (Morris Simon, 1928-2019), founded with his wife Ora (1931-2021) a game design company which invented popular games such as Guess Who?, Zingo! and the breast-inspired Pop-It fidget toy. Their headstones were made to resemble the Guess Who? flip-up frames.