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TIL the leading cause of death in Japanese men aged 20-44 is suicide.

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LjN9 TIL that when orchestra’s do “blind auditions” where you can’t see the artist performing, females are chosen 50% more often than in traditional auditions.
6oEQ TIL that the “SEGA” chant at the beginning of Sonic the Hedgehog took up 1/8th of the memory on the cartridge.
4XGYN TIL that deer in India (who are red-green colorblind) take advantage of the better-sighted langur monkeys by staying near them and learning the monkeys' alarm signals for when they spot predators which are dangerous to the deer.
D1Emr TIL that some species of turtle can breathe through their butt. When hibernating under ice-covered water, the turtles cannot come up to breathe. Since their metabolism is so slow in winter, they don't need much oxygen, so they are able to obtain it by sucking water into the cloaca.
wo68Y TIL that the total mass of the asteroid belt is significantly less than Pluto's