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TIL around 25% of the citizens of Greenland attempt suicide at some point in their lives.

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p41O TIL John Pike, the infamous UC Davis “Pepper Spray Cop” made an annual salary of $121,680 before leaving after 8 months paid leave after the incident.
4XDDX TIL- Ghyslain Raza, the "Star Wars Kid", had his video uploaded without permission. He left school due to depression, taking final exams in a psych unit, and sued the families of the uploaders. He later got his HS diploma, went to law school, and did a media tour speaking out against cyber-bullying.
JGd8 TIL that Saddam Hussein’s regime genocided an entire race of 500,000 people known as the “Marsh Arabs” after the Persian Gulf War by literally destroying the environment that their entire civilation was built upon, building 32 dams to turn their homes and farms into desert.
P1ndO TIL that humans have 3 types of cone cells, allowing us to see all the colors we can see, other animals like dogs and cats only have two so they can’t see red for example while chickens have four and can even see UV Light.
D1GRP TIL Charlie Murphy interviewed for the movie CB4 by pointing a loaded 9 mm pistol at Chris Rock during the audition.