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TIL that U.S. suicide rates reached record heights in 2022

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4Wrb TIL that a survey in 2014 showed that 57% of Russians regret the collapse of the Soviet Union.
yVDDM TIL that an object you were observing can disappear beyond the event horizon the point of no return around a black hole.
Bl9b TIL that, in order to communicate with the Shoshone tribe, Lewis and Clark would speak English to Corps member Francois Labiche, who would speak French to the interpreter Toussaint Charbonneau, who would speak Hidatsa to his Shoshone wife Sacagawea, who would speak Shoshone to Chief Cameahwait.
nWrgr TIL in 1990 an 8 year old girl with cerebral palsy named Jennifer Keelan left her wheelchair and crawled up the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to urge Congress to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act which had been stalled in committee. It was signed into law a few months later.
m6bM TIL Wealthy Ancient Greeks sometimes sent their slaves to sit on the public toilets (made from slabs of marble) to warm it up “in anticipation of their arrival”