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TIL 3–15% of alcoholics commit suicide, and over 50% of all suicides are associated with alcohol or drug dependence, due to alcohol causing physiological distortion of brain chemistry, as well as social isolation.

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E1rKP TIL the Arrente indigenous people of Central Australia have released a set of indigemojis. They are a set of emojis relevant to their culture and lives and include cool things such as kangaroo tails, troopies, cowboy hat and swag.
78yO7 TIL there is a female version of blue balls called blue vulva
b9lj4 TIL that the real Casa Bonita restaurant has to track when the Casa Bonita South Park episode airs to ensure their staffing levels will meet the increased demand that day.
QJnWe TIL that our body odor could change because we're stuck at home ! Our smells come from the microbes living on our skin, and since we only have a few other people to swap microbes with, we're going to start smelling like the people we're cooped up with—making us smellier if they have smellier microbe
rNaj1 TIL the CIA has a venture capital fund it uses to identify and fund various technologies with "national security" interest