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TIL life insurance has a suicide clause that lasts up to 2 years. After 2 years, if you kill yourself, your beneficiary will receive the full amount you signed up for

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OoRA6 TIL that Abe Lincoln won the 1860 election while NOT being on the presidential ballot in 10 Southern states.
mPjy TIL that Elon Musk forewarned today’s failed rocket launch, stating “…Orbital Sciences… uses Russian rocket engines that were made in the ’60s…they start with engines that were literally made in the ’60s and, like, packed away in Siberia somewhere.”
RZZ9 TIL Union General John Sedgwick, shortly after yelling “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, was shot under the left eye and fell down dead.
KOe7J TIL Tim Hortons used to be owned by Wendy's and is now owned by Burger King
p8oAp TIL that there's a cave in Romania that had been sealed off from the outside world for 5.5 million years and scientists have discovered dozens of unique lifeforms thriving in the poisonous gases and water.