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TIL that on average the happiest Americans are rich people living in rich neighborhoods in poor counties.

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lxXa TIL around 25% of the citizens of Greenland attempt suicide at some point in their lives.
AD9Gg TIL an elderly man gained the trust of a Belgian bank by bringing the workers chocolates. He was eventually given VIP access to the bank vault. In 2007, he stole $28 million worth of diamonds and vanished.
ZpyEp TIL about Raniero Cantalamessa, a friar and cardinal who in his office as Preacher to the Papal Household, is the only person allowed to preach to the Pope
yOkp TIL that the scene where Aragorn tosses Gimli during the Battle of Helm’s Deep in The Twin Towers film is a joke on the actual sport of “dwarf tossing”
rN47e TIL that there is a type of honey called Mad Honey that cause hallucinations