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

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BBlD TIL Most 4-legged animals can sprint faster than humans, but when it comes to long- distance running, humans can outrun almost any animal because we sweat to stay cool. On a hot day, a human could outrun a horse in a 26.2-mile marathon.
LkmGP TIL: Crows are about as smart as a 7 year old. They make tools, recognize human faces, know the route your garbage truck takes, understand analogies, hold grudges and pass those grudges down to future generations.
njPG TIL of a plane crash caused by a smuggled crocodile. The crocodile freed itself and panicked the passengers who all ran towards the flight-deck, which caused the plane to be unbalanced and crash. The only survivors were one person and the crocodile.
D1WWV TIL: All of the world's four deepest caves are in located in Abkhazia. The record-holder is Veryovkina Cave, which goes down at least 1.3 miles. Due to the hazards and need for specialized rope techniques, "the round trip —top to bottom and back— takes professional speleologists about a week."
pY01e TIL: In March 2000, MicroStrategy announced that it had significantly overstated its revenue, causing a 62% stock drop in one day, in what is regarded as the bursting of the dot-com bubble