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TIL that over 50% of all suicides are associated with alcohol/other drug dependences

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newWd TIL Phil Hartman, the voice of Troy McClure and the sleazy neighbour from Jingle All The Way, was murdered by his own wife
6B1W TIL that in 2012, the Smithsonian officially recognized video games as an art form and had an exhibit to “comprehensively examine the evolution of video games as an artistic medium.”
awvXy TIL About Kennewick Man, a 9000 year old skeleton found in Washington that sparked a 9 year legal battle between the Army Corps of Engineers, scientists and Native American Tribes who claimed ownership of the remains.
rNODw TIL about James Dallas Egbert III - a 16-year old college student at MSU who experienced an episode of self-harm and disappeared for several days. A family-retained private investigator believed Dungeons & Dragons was responsible, & began a nationwide panic sweeping both country & gaming industry.
nWNbd TIL that the mosquitoes that bites people are just only the female mosquitoes and that the males are busy with nectar.