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TIL that more people die from auto-erotic asphyxiation than from assault rifles

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MnJ0 TIL that until 2011, anything containing less than 10% alcohol in Russia was considered a foodstuff, not an alcoholic beverage.
ywve TIL the highest mountain in Australia is named after the Polish national hero, Tadeusz Kościuszko, who was also a military leader in the American Revolutionary War, and personal friend of Thomas Jefferson.
ObX4 TIL that NASA has employed George Aldrich for 40 years as a ‘chief sniffer’. His job being to smell items before they go up to space to make sure no harmful smells will end up on the ISS. His nose also gets 'calibrated’ every 4 months.
lp4N TIL that South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, and the suicide peak is reached everytime a celebrity commits suicide.
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