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TIL over half of all gun related deaths in the U.S. are suicides. Roughly 40% are homicides.

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LQLQr TIL that the modern camel, the epitome of adaptation to extreme desert climate, actually originates in the northern North American Paracamelus which migrated across the Bering land bridge into Asia around 6 million years ago
9nXr TIL that the Starbucks at the CIA headquarters is not allowed to take names for orders
gr8Oy TIL that from the early 1900s until about 1945, milk was commonly used to make many plastic ornaments, including buttons, decorative buckles, beads, fountain pens, and fancy comb and brush sets. Milk plastic (called casein plastic) was even used to make jewelry for Queen Mary of England!
Med1B TIL in medieval England, they stacked scones, cookies, and buns as high as possible for weddings. The bride and groom would then try to kiss over this stack of pastries. If they kissed without making it fall, it was believed the couple would have good fortune.
4XpEN TIL Dennis Quaid’s face appeared on warning labels of vials of blood thinner Heparin to remind nurses not to accidentally inject patients with high concentration doses after Quaid’s newborn twins almost died of an accidental overdose