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TIL nearly 40% of worldwide female suicides occur in India

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8aYg4 TIL. Inhabitants of Hamburg, Germany are known as Hamburgers
4knNb TIL that in the 1980s, General Motors experimented with a coal-powered car, as an attempt to diversify fuel sources during an era of oil crises.
d8Agj TIL that in 2015 a huge 2100 foot (640 meters) wide human skull-faced asteroid, nicknamed the “Halloween Asteroid”, zoomed past Earth on Halloween. It completes one rotation every 2.94 hours, and will be seen again in November this year.
8QNL TIL that in 1995 the mayor of Bogotá, Columbia hired 420 mimes to mock drivers and pedestrians who behaved improperly and traffic accidents went down sharply afterwards
KOBj6 TIL that eating too much spinach can lead to an excessive build-up of gas, bloating, and cramps. The culprit is the fact that spinach is high in fiber and has lots of oxalate, which can be harmful in large amounts.