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TIL that veterinarians are 4x more likely to commit suicide than the general population

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5Y9l8 TIL that in a double-blind study, involving both new and Stradivari, expert violinists preferred new violins, voted the Strads the worst sounding and could not tell if their preferred violin was new or antique