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TIL roughly 30 people in the United States are killed by elevators and escalators each year

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e0w6J TIL that before 2017 the highest timed speed on a public road was set in 1938 by a Mercedes-Benz, reaching a speed of 433 km/h.
KYAv9 TIL that at a party celebrating his candidacy for mayor of New York, author Norman Mailer stabbed his wife twice, nearly killing her. She did not press charges.
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