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TIL Suicide accounted for 20% of U.S. Military deaths last year. (Page 24)

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neBv9 TIL In 2000, one of the worst peacetime submarines accidents ever took place off the coast of Russia. A huge explosion sank the giant nuclear-powered submarine Kursk, killing most of its crew and stranding nearly two dozen survivors hundreds of feet underwater.
newGd TIL that ear candling is bullsh*t
QJbo9 TIL the road I used to take to school is apparently one of the most dangerous roads in the country!
EgG77 TIL although it is known that George Washington bought teeth from enslaved people, there is evidence that the intended recipient was a dentist named Jean Pierre Le Mayeur who was performing tooth transplants in the area at the time
ANZwn TILL the Boeing 787 Dreamliner can stay safely operational on just one engine for more than five hours before needing to land. It earned 330-minute (5.5 hrs) ETOPS certifications, because of this.