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TIL a federal judge ruled drivers allowed to flash headlights to warn of speed traps.

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yVLll TIL that “Jacuzzi” is an ACTUAL brand name that has become a generic trademark, and not just an Italian name for “hot tub”….just like Q-Tip, Xerox, and Kleenex.
6ePJ TIL: The origin of saying “Bless you” after someone sneezes dates back to at least 77AD and may be due to (amongst other things) people originally believing that a person’s soul could be thrown from their body when they sneezed
e0Vvk TIL that a tower was built on the Florida Keys in 1929 and filled with bats to control the mosquito problem. The bats flew away, never to return, and the tower since toppled during Hurricane Irma.
xY7o TIL Steve McQueen’s infidelity saved his life. He was supposed to attend the dinner party where the Manson family murdered Sharon Tate and others, but skipped it after he “ran into a chickie”.
PY7Ng TIL professional wrestler Tommy Dreamer considered committing murder-suicide at WrestleMania until a phone call from Jim Ross helped change his mind