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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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Y7yMZ TIL at the Battle of Peleliu in the Pacific during WW2, of the 8 men awarded the Medal of Honor, 6 of them were for throwing themselves atop grenades to save nearby comrades
b69eN TIL Moxie is the oldest bottled soft drink in the U.S. Founded in 1884, 2 years before Coca-Cola, it originally claimed to have “cured drunkards by the thousands". Once widely available, it is now mostly found in New England. In 2005, Moxie was named the State of Maine's official soft drink.
KYoAE TIL until the 1960s, Tyrannosaurus Rex was widely thought to walk standing upright, dragging their tails on the ground. This misperception endured through the 1980s in popular culture, such as toys and TV shows.
adEN TIL Marilyn Monroe quoted as saying “There is nothing positive about being fat, and there is nothing positive about loving yourself. We all need to conform to society’s expectations of who we are, and if we don’t, who will? - I was never fat a day in my life and I never will be”
X0rLX TIL that the earliest settlers of Madagascar arrived in outrigger canoes from Borneo, about 4800 miles away. Estimates range from 350 BCE - 550 CE, making Madagascar one of the latest major landmasses to be settled by humans.