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"Suicides are on the rise across the US and have become the second leading cause of death in many age groups."

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wLWaP TIL The European colonization of America caused a minor cooling of the world due to the decimation of the native population. An estimated 55 million native Americans died due to disease, famine and direct violence.
PYkwV TIL that the Godzilla Franchise has the Guinness World Record for the longest continuously running movie franchise; its first installment in 1954 focused on the fears of a nuclear holocaust, with Godzilla's Tokyo rampage being filmed to mirror the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
ADnKw TIL that Ivan the terrible executed his first rival when he was 13 years old
J1vpV Til that the bible takes 75+ hours to listen to in its entirety as an audiobook
WP0B TIL that in 1917 during WWI, Sgt Henry “Black Death” Johnson was wounded 21 times from a German Soldier raid. Racism was still a barrier and was never recognized by the U.S. until 2015, posthumously awarded the MOH. He was the first American in WWI to be awarded the Croix De Guerre by France.