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TIL that American soldiers are committing suicide at the rate of 1 per day

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JYAvk TIL of Stovokor, a heavy metal band that dresses up as Klingons and sings all songs in Klingon.
D1XXY TIL a Subway sandwich artist was trapped in a refrigerator overnight and wrote a desperate plea for help in ketchup.
vWOB TIL that this day, in 1935, it became illegal for airplanes to fly over the White House. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s complaint that aircraft disturb his sleep prompts the new law.
gr7gb TIL: The next level after trust fund is a Dynasty Trust, which can run in perpetuity. However, in Wyoming, Dynasty Trusts can only last 1000 years. They were created to ensure wealth stays in the family for as long as possible.
WeKB TIL that a Chinese panda faked pregnancy so that its zookeepers would move it to an air conditioned room and give it more food.