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TIL that Steve Irwin was buried at his beloved Australia Zoo

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wr6W TIL Ameircan males commit suicide almost 4 times more than females do.
6EoYZ TIL the Hassenfeld brothers, Herman, Hillel, and Henry, started by selling pencils and later invented G.I. Joe. When they specialized in producing toys, including Mr. Potato Head, the company was renamed "Hasbro."
OMee TIL: Americans can fly to the moon faster than to New Zealand
loXyG TIL flags are flown at half-mast because the invisible flag of death is flying at the top.
QJ6Mp TIL that the '=' sign was designed in 1557 by Robert Recorde, having gotten fed up with writing 'is equal to'. He decided that there was nothing more equal than two parallel lines, and designed the symbol from that logic