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TIL that people can die from simply giving up on life. Senior research John Leach said “give-up-itis” can kill in just three weeks without help.

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8Y8 TIL the cheapest place to buy Japanese beer is everywhere, but Japan, due to ridiculous japanese taxation of malt.
yV5DV TIL that in 2013 the United States government technically sued a Mongolian Tyrannosaurus Bataar skeleton
0w5K5 TIL There are twice as many bathrooms as necessary as the Pentagon because planners had to design the it for black and white employees, including “white” and “colored” cafeterias. However, Pres. Roosevelt made Jim Crow laws illegal on Federal property prior to its opening and was never enforced.
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