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TIL 6,500 former military personnel committed suicide in 2012 alone

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gr9xA TIL that Red Sonja was the First Marvel Movie (using standards that the majority would agree on)
jN6Dp TIL of the LeMans parody race 'LeMons', a 24h race in cars that can cost no more than $500 and where the penalties are decided by spinning the "Wheel of Misfortune".
rN9ax TIL not all wine is vegan. This is because of the 'fining' process which traditionally used casein (a milk protein), albumin (egg whites), gelatin (animal protein) and isinglass (fish bladder protein).
OGEdX TIL during World War II, the Browning Hi-Power 9mm was used by both Allied and Axis forces. Production continued under Nazi control after Belgium’s occupation, while Canadian-made versions supplied Allied troops.
Y7BYZ TIL that the word RATIO is semantically related to the word RATIOnal, so an irRATIOnal number is a number that cannot be expressed as a RATIO of two integers. (Sorry for the reworded repost. My last post had the etymology wrong, but apparently it's worth reposting because it helped a lot of people!)