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TIL that there is a worldwide farmer suicide crisis. A CDC study found that farmers take their lives at a rate higher than any other occupation.

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kwx4 TIL in Avatar: The Last Airbender, the 4 martial art styles that represent the 4 nations are very good representations of real Chinese fighting. They used Ba Gua for Airbending, Tai Chi for Waterbending, Hung Gar for Earthbending and Northern Shaolin for firebending
a8pWA TIL A man named Charles Osborne had hiccups non-stop for approximately 68 years, from 1922 to 1990. In 1922, he was weighing a hog for slaughter. He fell and busted a blood vessel in his brain resulting in him damaging a small part of the brain that inhibits the hiccup response.
6L87 TIL that there is only one surviving Ninjutsu master left. He has chosen not to appoint a new ninja grandmaster, and consequently let the lineage of the last surviving ninja clan die with him because “the art of ninjutsu has no place in the modern age.”
7rK7b TIL that it used to be a job to drive around the country, constantly, driving and measuring every road, grade, elevation, and distance, in order to keep road maps updating accurately every two weeks. "Road scouts" would drive enough miles in a year to make multiple trips to the moon.
9Yn9p TIL there's an annual horseback competition where people ride 100 miles in less than 24 hours over craggy, mountainous terrain, with the best averaging 15 hours