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TIL that there are more slaves globally right now than there ever has been in history - 50 million

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LkJgr TIL that the highest rates of suicide are not in Winter but instead in Spring/early Summer and are linked to inflamation caused by allergies.
BgJEr TIL the inventor of Scotch Tape named it that after he was told he was being too "Scotch" with the adhesive. This was a pejorative in use at the time meaning "stingy".
loV9r TIL in 2000 a man attempted to hijack a Philippine Airlines flight, yet after being denied access to the cockpit robbed the passengers at gunpoint before jumping out of the plane to his death attempting to use a parachute he made himself out of nylon and curtains.
ADRaa TIL that all Nouns are Capitalized in the German Language.
woV1o TIL of Alice Nutter, an English woman who was hanged after a 9 year old accused her of being a witch