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

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WkWWL TIL Broadway actually continues North of Manhattan, and is a total of 33 miles long.
rNNE0 TIL that Portuguese Man O'Wars can be left or right-handed. The "left-handed" ones sail to the right of the wind, while the "right-handed" ones sail to the left.
ylB8 TIL In may 2010, a pizza was sold for 10,000 BTC (bitcoin). Converted to today’s value of USD, this pizza was sold for $4,788,300.
mx8oO TIL when the new character Elmrya was forcefully added to the show “Pinky and the Brain” due to executives wanting to liven it up, the writers added the lyrics: “So Pinky and the Brain/ Share a new domain/ It’s what the network wants/ Why bother to complain?” to its theme song.
7rAe7 TIL that it took the creator of the Rubik's cube, Erno Rubik, one month to solve the Rubik's cube after he created it. The current world record is 4.22 seconds.