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TIL: Veterinarians who are women commit suicide at a rate 4x higher than male vets

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VNdD TIL a boy died from a gunshot wound while visiting his Scientologist father. It was declared suicide, however the boys prints were not on the gun, the bullet was missing, his laptop data was deleted and his father called David Miscavige’s sister before 911.
GYVP5 TIL, that hagfish slime expands by 10,000 times in a fraction of a second, it is 100,000 times softer than Jell-O, and can fend off sharks
kO91E TIL There are only two remaining residential buildings from the 19th century in what was at the time one of Detroit's most fashionable areas. The units of one house built in 1888 are mostly rented out to Wayne State University students and faculty
KYQJQ TIL that male ants cannot have sons, only grandsons
R7vDl TIL In 1862 Lincoln signed the Morrill Act which took 10.7 million acres from 250 tribes creating violence-backed land-grab universities as the root of higher education, economic development, and improved quality of life. Lincoln ordered 38 Dakota resistance hanged, the largest ever mass execution.