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TIL: Detroit gave Saddam Hussein a key to the city this day 35 years ago

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9wJZG TIL Highway hypnosis, also known as white line fever, is an altered mental state in which a person can drive a car, truck, or other automobile great distances, responding to external events in the expected, safe, and correct manner with no recollection of having consciously done so.
klkE TIL the English boy band Blue were in NYC on 9/11 and witnessed the attacks. Later, in an interview with a British tabloid, one member said that “This New York thing is being blown out of proportion” and “Animals need saving and that’s more important.” This caused them to lose a US record deal.
gMmYW TIL that the Earl of Sandwich, the man of which the snack is named after, enjoyed poker so much he refused to leave the table in Nov. 3, 1762. When he grew hungry, he asked a servant for a slice of meat which he then put between two slices of bread so he wouldn't smear his cards and hands with food.
OoB6e TIL that despite making dozens of recordings of his voice on wax cylinders, no known recordings of Mark Twain's voice are known to have survived.
Oob7g TIL: Waka Flocka Flame, Kesha, and John Cena got higher ACT scores than Steve Jobs and three U.S. presidents.