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TIL fiction writers are 10 times more likely to be bipolar, poets 40 times more likely.

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go98 TIL Jeremiah Clarke, an English composer, couldn’t decide whether to commit suicide by hanging or drowning himself, so he flipped a coin. The coin landed on its edge in the mud so he went home and shot himself instead.

Y7Mmv TIL of the jockey Frank Hayes. Never previously winning a race before, he is the only known jockey to have died mid race remaining on the horse and winning.

JoRk TIL Disney’s Aladdin on the Sega Genesis is the 3rd best selling Genesis game after Sonic 1 and 2

1anDP TIL Lentils have been a source of sustenance for humans since prehistoric times. They are the oldest pulse crop known to man and one of the earliest domesticated crops. Depending on location, lentils were either considered a poor man's food or a delicacy for the upper class

PVYO TIL the organization that runs U.S . presidential debates is independent of the government and owned by the Republican and Democratic Parties. It has been criticized for negotiating secret contracts between candidates, excluding third parties, and “perpetrating a fraud on the American voter.”