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TIL that 70% of suicides in the U.S. are committed by white men

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x6g6D TIL new carpets can release VOCs like formaldehyde, benzene, and toluene through off-gassing, especially in the first 72 hours. Ventilating the area is important, especially for children or sensitive individuals.
xd9o TIL that after the Great Fire of London, an economist by the name of Nicholas If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone played a major role in pioneering fire insurance. (His very religious father, Praise-God Barebone chose his somewhat unusual middle name)
OoZAa TIL that a fisherman in Florida hooked a swordfish so big that it dragged his boat for 20 miles and fought for eight hours before he could pull it in. It turned out to be the biggest swordfish ever caught in Florida waters.
W7EMA TIL that the “Mozart Effect" (the claim that "listening to Mozart makes you smarter" or that early childhood exposure to classical music has a beneficial effect on mental development) stems from a single published in the Nature journal in 1993. The results were highly exaggerated by the press.
N7W5N TIL the first vasectomy done for non-medical reasons was performed in the US in 1899 on a nineteen-year-old inmate in Indiana because he complained of “excessive masturbation." The doctor reported the inmate "became more of a sunny disposition, brighter of intellect and ceased to masturbate.”