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TIL veteran suicide rates are 22% higher than civilians

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5lNR TIL Ernest Hemingway during World War II went out to sink German submarines off the coast of Florida on his 38-foot wooden fishing boat.
DQgNP TIL that the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota is the only American National Park named directly after a single person.
166dr TIL Jim Henson was an early pioneer in digital sets and computer-created puppets.
rRQGd TIL: The NBA has been losing a billion dollars each month since the pandemic as started, and financial wizards are expecting losses could exceed $100 trillion by the time the pandemic ends (IF it ever ends, that is)
awyby TIL All New Yorkers used to have to move on May 1st if their lease expired. It was known as "Moving Day" which led to massive traffic jams.