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TIL On average, 22 War Veterans commit suicide every single day.

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EglpX TIL that Burt Reynolds turned down the role of James Bond, Michael Corleone (The Godfather), Han Solo (Star Wars), John McClane (Die Hard), Randle McMurphy (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), and Edward Lewis (Pretty Woman)
VBv9G TIL there is 14-thousand-year-old rock art in the middle of the Sahara desert. The paintings show crocodiles, giraffes, and hippos, from a time when the Sahara was lush grassland and forest, and was able to support these animals.
KYVN4 TIL that the Nebra Sky Disc, a 3,600-year-old bronze artifact discovered in Germany, is the world's oldest known physical depiction of the cosmos with gold symbols for the sun, moon, and stars, including the Pleiades. The disc encodes accurate, useful celestial observation in a portable object.
l7oNA TIL Future Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee worked in Naval Intelligence during World War II alongside Ian Fleming.
p8V5O TIL that despite Orcas being bigger, smarter, and more sociable animals than Great Whites, many humans still incorrectly view the shark as the dominant predator of the ocean. Many humans do not know that orcas routinely hunt great white sharks.