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TIL: NJ has the lowest suicide rate in the US, and Alaska has the highest.

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687Q TIL that when he was 12, actor and Martial Artist Jet Li was asked by Nixon to be his personal bodyguard. Li replied, “I don’t want to protect any individual. When I grow up, I want to defend my one billion Chinese countrymen!”
6bnY TIL Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool. He changed it every 2 innings.
6vv7 TIL that in 1908 the Imperial Russian Olympic Team arrived to London 12 days too late for the games because they were not using the Gregorian calendar yet.
VGRp TIL ‘you’ was plural but used for singular, not the reverse. It was used to show respect until the singular 'thou’ became kinda rude. This is why we say “you are” for both cases.
MeEab TIL As far back as the 1920's Australia serves buttered white bread with sprinkles ( or 100s and 1000s an Australian candy) and call it Fairy Bread