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TIL Each year over 800,000 people worldwide die by suicide

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EQpw TIL that the DFW Airport is larger than the entire island of Manhattan.
N75oE TIL of Iqbal Masih, a young boy who was rescued from slavery at a carpet loom. This young activist was assassinated at the age of 12 in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1995 by someone believed to be a feudal landlord and carpet manufacturer.
Z8OjY TIL that Napoleon was of average height for his era and that his reputation as a short man was largely spread through the works of British satirical cartoonist James Gillray. His satire was so effective that Napoleon once said that Gillray "did more than all the armies of Europe to bring me down."
QJOpE TIL peat is the most effective carbon sink on the planet, covering just 3% of the land’s surface, but storing 42% of the Earth’s soil carbon.
5VLO9 TIL Abraham Lincoln was offered by the Taylor administration to appoint him secretary or governor of the Oregon Territory as a consolation for not getting another post in the Land Grant Office. Lincoln declined in favor of returning to Illinois.