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TIL: More cops in the USA died from suicide than any other cause in 2017

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EQg0 TIL The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, which, when adjusted for inflation, is $118 million. Nearly $2.5 million less than what Real Madrid paid for Cristiano Ronaldo.
8agAb TIL that in the 70's, McDonald's briefly had a mascot for the Filet-O-Fish: Phil A. O'Fish
WRkB TIL that many Japanese families were torn apart during World War 2. The radio program Missing Persons, which reunited families, ran from June 1946 until March 1962.
G08J TIL it is impossible to drive from North to South America because of a 60 mile break in the Pan-American highway called the Darién gap
D11wj TIL: Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character is largely based on a character created by George Formby, Sr.