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TIL that many mistakenly believe that suicide by overdosing on Paracetamol renders them unconscious before death ensues, when in fact it is a lengthy and very painful process that could take up to a week.

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n8mG TIL that the US population spends more than 68 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR on lottery tickets. That is more than what they annually spend on movie tickets, music, pornography, the NFL, the MLB and video games combined.
nnXb TIL in Finland most fines are tied to the income of the offender to ensure that both they can afford it, and that it will adequately hurt. One Nokia executive was hit with a $103,600 ticket for driving 15kph over the limit believed to be the most expensive speeding ticket ever.
ANNpl TIL there's a species of Australian grasshopper that's made up of all-female clones
mx0Gv TIL the ‘farmer and his wife’ in the painting American Gothic actually represent a farmer and his daughter
d8A19 TIL At the end of the Gulf War, 20 people died in Kuwait due to falling bullets from celebratory gunfire.