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TIL 40% of all female suicides are from India

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yVlZv TIL that most modern Omega quartz movements come equipped with an end-of-life (EOL) indication system. When the battery nears exhaustion, the second hand will move in 4-second jumps.
jRZj TIL the “Nation” referred to by the National Hockey League (NHL) is Canada
nKrb TIL somebody in the 1800’s wrote a song that consisted of nothing but two people meowing at each other. It’s called “Duetto buffo di due gatti” which translates to “Humorous duet for two cats”
G0GE TIL that despite constituting less than 0.1% of the prison population, the Aryan Brotherhood is responsible for 18-25% of prison murders.
wLEa6 TIL that a study from Harvard University finds that having no friends can be just as deadly as smoking. Both effect levels of a blood-clotting protein.