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TIL low-fat chocolate milk was a better rehydrating athletes than common sports drinks

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b6mP7 TIL a depressed man built a secret room within his bedroom containing a homemade guillotine with a timer, took sleeping pills, and set the timer to kill himself without his father knowing what he was doing for months. He was successful.
nWKeG TIL: That Ikue Ōtani, the voice of Pikachu, voices the role in all languages which is unlike other Pokémon voice actors, where the actor is different in each country's anime dub. It is said that Pikachu's voice was kept consistent across languages so its name would be universal across the world.
PYM4g TIL if you remove a box turtle from the wild and don't put them back in the location you found them they will most likely die looking for their home.
5VL08 TIL That people have been tracking the average amount the Tooth Fairy pays for a lost tooth, called the Tooth Fairy Index.
1a40d TIL about Crater of Diamonds state park in Arkansas. The strange greenish soil is from an extinct volcano and a local farmer discovered diamonds laying in the dirt. Although the site was professionally mined for a time, it's now a state park where visitors can hunt for diamonds and other gemstones.