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

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DOMv TIL James Earl Jones was a functional mute for 8 years due to a stutter he had developed as a child. He credits his English teacher, Donald Crouch, with helping him end his silence. Crouch believed forced public speaking would help Jones gain confidence and insisted he recite a poem every day.
x6Nvk TIL that because all US banknotes are the same size, making telling them apart hard-to-impossible for the blind, the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing provides an electronic device (the iBill Currency Identifier) that can identify the value of the bills free of charge.
GADNN TIL a woman aboard a flight from Manchester to Florida suffered a heart attack. The stewardess called for assistance and 15 cardiologists, en route to a cardiology conference, responded to save her.
XEgNE TIL Disney currently owns 12 of the 32 highest-grossing media franchises of all-time
KOyEG TIL The song "Mr. Blue Sky" by the Electric Light Orchestra was found to be the happiest song ever using a formula made by studying songs from a period of 50 years.