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Every 40 seconds, someone commits suicide.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE -
More people commit suicide in New York City than are murdered.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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It is estimated that 25–30% of suicides are accompanied by a note.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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1 in every 5 people in Greenland attempt suicide at some point in their lives.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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More U.S. soldiers committed suicide than died in combat in 2012.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Many animals have been reported to commit suicide, including dogs, cows, bulls, and sheep.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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1 in 25 U.S. teenagers has attempted suicide.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Golden Gate Bridge is the #1 suicide site in the world.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Most people who commit suicide, do it on a Wednesday.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Men are 3 to 4 times more likely to attempt suicide and succeed than women.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Established writers and artists are 18 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Suicide attempts were punished as crimes in England and Wales until 1961.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The founder of Victoria's Secret, Roy Raymond, committed suicide by leaping off the Golden Gate Bridge in 1993.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In the U.S., you are twice as likely to commit suicide than be murdered by someone else.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Hinduism accepts a man's right to commit suicide through fasting to death, called "Prayopavesa."♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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If you commit suicide in Japan by jumping in front of a train, the family of the deceased will be charged a disruption fee.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Ernest Hemingway, his father, his brother, his sister and his granddaughter all committed suicide.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The Japanese authorities constructed a fence around a volcano at Mount Mihara to stop a trend of over 2000 people committing suicide by jumping in.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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During WW2, Japanese war criminal Tojo Hideki attempted suicide after the surrender. He was saved and resuscitated by Allied forces, who then hanged him.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In the UK, the most common cause of death for men under 50 is suicide.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There are twice as many suicides as there are homicides in the U.S.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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2% of people who jump off the Golden Gate Bridge survive the fall. One man even jumped off for "fun".♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In Japan, the leading cause of death for men aged 20 to 44 is suicide.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The youngest recorded suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge was a 5-year-old girl called Marilyn Demont.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In Ancient Rome, while suicide was socially acceptable at first, it was later deemed a crime against the state due to its economic costs.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Rudolf Diesel, who invented the Diesel engine, committed suicide in 1913 because he didn't think his invention would be successful.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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When Ashton Kutcher was 13 years old, he contemplated committing suicide in order to give his heart to his dying brother.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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There's an episode of "Tom and Jerry" that ends with the both of them committing suicide.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Winston Churchill's daughter, Diana, committed suicide. She worked at a suicide prevention center.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2015, San Jose police stopped a man from committing suicide by sending him pizza and a phone using a bomb disposal robot.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Drinking 2 to 4 cups of coffee daily has been found to drop the risk of suicide by 50% compared to non-coffee drinkers.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The world suicide rate has risen by 60% in the last 45 years.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 117 ad, Emperor Hadrian declared attempted suicide by soldiers, a form of desertion and made it a capital offence.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Women who get breast implants are 3 times more likely to commit suicide.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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A man took five years to write a 1,905 page suicide note before killing himself in 2010.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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19.3% of deaths for metal musicians are suicide.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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1 in 6 U.S. veterinarians might have contemplated suicide since graduation. That's 3 times the U.S. national mean.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Teen suicide attempts in the U.S. declined after same-sex marriage became legal and the biggest impact was among gay, lesbian and bisexual kids.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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The siege of Masada by troops of the Roman Empire at the end of the First Jewish–Roman War ended in the mass suicide of 960 people. The place is now a popular tourist attraction in Israel.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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Roman emperor Hadrian, in 117 AD, declared attempted suicide by soldiers a form of desertion and made it a capital offense.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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In 2009, Billy Joel's daughter tried to commit suicide by taking a bunch of homeopathic pills. She survived.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
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75% of all suicide attempts are by self-poisoning with drugs, and 97% of those cases survive.♦ SOURCE♺ SHARE
