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TIL that suicide is no longer considered a crime in most places.

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VMJp TIL That after their ship sank in WW2, John F. Kennedy towed a man to shore by clenching the man’s life jacket between his teeth and swimming miles through freezing water.
KO7Z6 TIL Laughter evolved from labored breathing, and people are 24 times more likely to tell apart friends from strangers based on a short audio clip of the two groups laughing.
4XXWb Short answer: Every once in a (very long) while
KYJKQ TIL Since dissecting human corpses was a taboo in the greco-roman world, Galens used Macaque Monkeys to study human anatomy, as he thought them to be the most anatomicaly similar to humans out of all the animal species he knew. This led to some errors, as they were less similar than he thought
7AXp TIL that there is a company that provides private flights for individuals who want to join the mile high club. For $425.00 you get a 1 hour flight, chocolate, champagne, a curtain and 1 VERY DISCREET PILOT