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TIL that there has been a surge in suicide rates among middle-age men since the 2000's, thought to be because of increased cases of loneliness and social isolation.

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4QrN TIL that a murderer named William Chester Minor made enormous contributions to the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary while he was in a mental asylum.
PPwE TIL The Clarkstown Police Department of NY is one of the highest paid police departments in the country. In 2008, Police Chief Noonan made $374,261.88, and he wasn’t even the highest paid.
KY96J TIL The giant balloons in the Macy’s parade were originally allowed to float away, and those who found them got a gift certificate from Macy’s.
ebQJ TIL that the American gangster John Dillinger escaped from jail with a wooden pistol. After whittling it in his cell, in March 1934 he used the fake weapon to intimidate 33 people before getting a real machine gun. “Ha, ha, ha! And I did all this with a wooden gun!” he bragged while leaving.
ep8J TIL - There was an NFL playoff game where the fog was so thick that the players couldn’t even see the sidelines, and the fans couldn’t see the field. The refs had to announce what happened after every play.