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TIL The passenger death rate for passenger vehicles in the US is 17 times greater than that of trains and 50 times greater than that of buses

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xVeLb TIL the first woman elected to Congress voted against entering World War I in 1917, causing her to lose reelection in 1918. Elected again in 1940, she voted against entering World War II in 1941. Following the vote, she was forced to shelter in a phone booth while awaiting police escort.
695AZ TIL that in 1965, astronaut John Young got in trouble for sneaking a corned beef sandwich on the Gemini 3 mission, which posed a risk of crumbs messing with vital space equipment.
axo0 TIL that “duckies” (“duckys”) was a medieval English slang term for a woman’s breasts, used by (among others) Henry VIII in letters to Anne Boleyn.
QNvlM TIL that during the Falklands War, landmines unintentionally created safe havens for penguins. Too light to trigger the mines, they thrive and breed in these protected areas.
l7X41 TIL that, on June 26, 1940, a group of American businessmen with ties to Nazi Germany organized a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria New York to celebrate the Fall of France. Attendees to the dinner included Edsel Ford of Ford Motor Company, Torkild Rieber of Texaco and Sosthenes Behn of ITT Corporation.