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TIL sales of Swiss Army Knives dropped by almost 40% immediately after 9/11

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5mnR TIL a genetic disease called Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva causes human tissue to turn into bone. “Sufferers are slowly imprisoned by their own skeletons.”
PKgE TIL that Hilter’s bloodline is almost extinct as his five remaining relatives have made a verbal pact to never have children.
E4ZW TIL that after Steve Irwin’s death, his fans had to be urged to stop killing stingrays after numerous ones washed up on the beach with their tails cut off
neGZb TIL there’s a 2nd Yosemite 15 miles away but hidden by a dam for the last 100 years
e0wab 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.