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TIL Americans are twice as likely to kill themselves than be killed by another person

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a8jOM TIL the constellation Canes Venatici exists because of a double translation error. From Greek for "club", the Arabic translator didn't know the word and rendered it as "staff with a hook". Then the Latin translator misread "hook" (kullab) as "dogs" (kilab).
1gaV TIL that Bill Nye isn’t a physicist. He’s a mechanical engineer!
P1OkJ TIL that They Used to Use Malaria to Treat Syphilis
RR0w TIL that there is a sparkling blue African berry which can retain it’s color for 40+ years after being picked.
W7O7A TIL after Kevin Costner declined the lead role in the film Tombstone to develop what turned into the film Wyatt Earp instead, he attempted to "blacklist" Tombstone & commandeered every Western costume in Hollywood. Yet it was more well-received & made more money than Wyatt Earp on a smaller budget.