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TIL that many media outlets downplay reports of suicide to avoid "Suicide contagion," the phenomenon of vulnerable individuals seeing the action normalised and believing that they should be the ones to do it next.

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OolMX TIL a local folk remedy in Boho, Ireland was to place soil from the local church under a pillow while you slept to cure infections. In 2018 a microbiologist found the churchyard's soil contains a previously unknown strain of streptomyces which can be used to create antibiotics
4X85X TIL Megan Fox auditioned for Michael Bay for her role in Transformers by washing his Ferrari in her bikini.
R7db9 TIL wild budgies are yellow and green. When they mate they make blue budgies. Like mixing paint.
nerdG TIL that the pressurized bodies of early airships were called “envelopes,” a term that persisted in aviation to later describe the ideal flight performance of an airplane. When early NASA test pilots reached higher altitude, they called it “pushing the envelope” which is where we get the phrase.
Y7Vod TIL that the first message sent from the beaches of Normandy on D-Day was sent in Comanche from Code Talker, Private First Class Larry Saupitty. His message was “Tsaakʉ nʉnnuwee. Atahtu nʉnnuwee,” which translates to: “We made a good landing. We landed in the wrong place.”