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TIL that Greenland has the highest suicide rate in the world.

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Z8rMD TIL that the oldest love poem ever found is on an ancient Sumerian cuneiform tablet from the 21st century BC
nW9gB TIL about the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. US President Benjamin Harrison made the declaration that on 22 April 1889 at 12pm the Unassigned Land in Indian Territory would be open for settlement. At the time of the opening, which was indicated by gunshot, 50.000 people were lined up at the start
4X85g TIL that rubbing your eyes mechanically excites visual receptors in your eye that perceive light, which is why you see spots after
pnw4 TIL bat bombs are large bomb casings that would open above cities and release bats with small, timed incendiary bombs. The bats would find somewhere to roost, and the city would burn down.
x6Veg TIL author H.G. Wells married his cousin in 1891. The couple later separated when H.G. Wells fell in love with one of his students, Amy Catherine Robbins. This entire period was the most productive in H.G. Wells' whole writing career producing The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, among others.