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TIL that people who attempted suicide have a shorter life expectancy by 11 years for women and 18 for men, and it’s surprisingly largely due to non-psychiatric disease

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XdY8 TIL that the man behind the ban of marijuana Harry Anslinger may have done so because of racism, reportedly stating that black and Mexican were the primary users. It was banned even though there was no scientific evidence of it being dangerous to mental health.
nenjr TIL when shooting the cover for Pink Floyd's "Animals", the giant inflatable pig that was used for it broke loose from its moorings. It flew over Heathrow, and pilots spotted it flying 30,000 feet in the air, resulting in cancelled flights. It eventually landed at a farm in Kent, scaring some cows.
755p TIL About banner blindness, a phenomen where web users subconciously ignore information on webpages from ad-like banners.
mxG5o TIL About Abbie Sweetwine, an African American Nurse who helped save passengers in Britain's largest peacetime accident, Harrow & Wealdstone
vkvD TIL that Star Wars director George Lucas is a fan of Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy, and that MacFarlane stated that LucasFilm was “extremely helpful when tha Family Guy crew wanted to parody their works.”