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TIL that geomagnetic storms are correlated with an increase in suicide all over the world

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rax1 TIL 90% of the pumpkins grown in the U.S. are raised within a 90-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois
nWywG TIL when the Union Jack is flown vertically, such as on a flagpole, the wider white stripe should be on top and to the left of the viewer. This is because Scotland’s St Andrew’s Cross takes precedence over Ireland’s St Patrick’s Cross.
Oo6O7 TIL French author Voltaire wrote over 2000 books & was read by Napoleon, Frederick the Great & Catherine the Great. Upon his death in 1778 Catherine the Great purchased his entire collection & moved it to The Hermitage in Russia.
j6Jdp TIL That the Tuatara, New Zealand’s largest reptile, has the fastest swimming sperm of any reptile but also the longest reproduction time of any reptile at up to 5 years.
G5kQ TIL that Navy Seals who carried out the Bin Laden kill mission, forgot to bring a tape measure and had to measure Laden’s height by making a six feet tall Seal lie down next to Laden’s corpse.