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TIL: Suicides among Youth Drop During Summer and December Break When Schools are Closed.

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wlpJ TIL that the average worker in the US would have to work 50% more hours to afford a home than a worker in 1950.
l4ZV TIL some moths have evolved a method of detecting and disturbing echolocation sounds from bats. They can confuse bats by sending false clicks back, they can tell if a bat has found them or not based on the intensity and frequency of a bat’s clicks and they can react accordingly
9YYOM TIL Ohio Congressman Ralph Regula spearheaded an effort to prevent renaming Mt McKinley to Denali from 1975 to 2009 because it would tarnish the legacy of Ohio-born President McKinley (who had no ties to Alaska or the mountain).
4koAw TIL there were 3,723 fatal work-related falls to a lower level in the US between 2011-2016; 23.1% (862) were from 10 feet or less including 10.8% (402) that were from under 6 feet.
N7NL8 TIL that 3 residents of the Greek island Lesbos in 2008, tried to ban the use of the word ‘Lesbian’. They felt it insulted their identity, as they believed the term described their own origins. They lost and had to pay court fees of €230.