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TIL More police officers and firefighters die from suicide than in line of duty

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9Yrar TIL the elapsed time in a dream is about the same as the elapsed time IRL. For example, if you dream of an activity that would take five minutes in waking life, you probably dream about it for a full five minutes.
780Ax TIL my uncle was my dad
WKLd TIL of Lazzaro Spallanzani, who dressed male frogs in tight pants so that their sperm couldn’t escape into female frogs. He proved that the creation of new life required both the sperm and the egg.
kJvPm TIL of Jack, a baboon who acted as an assistant to a disabled railway signalman in the 1800s. Trained to push a wheelchair and operate the railway signals under supervision, the baboon got 20 cents a day, and half a bottle of beer each week. Apparently, he never made a mistake in 9 years of service.
4XrJw TIL Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg suffered from a severe fear of the number 13. He predicted correctly that he would die when he was 76, because 7+6=13. He did die on July 13th, 13 minutes before midnight