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TIL 22 US veterans kill themselves every day

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d8oMB TIL that the famous biblical saying "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle..." is a translation error passed down for centuries: the choice of "camel" was a Greek misspelling and kamêlos (camel) was written in place of kamilos, meaning "rope" or "cable".
9YROG TIL Gwen Stefani’s older brother, Eric, was the brainchild behind No Doubt and also worked as an animator on Rugrats and The Simpsons
X0X4P TIL that Dean Martin named one of his daughters Deana
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bNRN TIL that at least about 100 North Korean defectors to South Korea, unable to cope with the new society, isolation, and lack of job prospects, have went back to North Korea.