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TIL that those "baby on board" signs hanging in car windows serve a purpose of alerting first responders that there is a person in the vehicle that's unable to unbuckle themselves in the event of an accident

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0wp0M TIL Sonic's Friend Miles "Tails" Prower is a pun for Miles PER Hour.
vwBx TIL that the world’s shortest commercially available flight is only 2 minutes long; can be as short as 47 seconds in ideal conditions!
X0MX8 TIL that "pair of pants" is a fixed term of mathematics that describes a certain type of surface with three holes
wglW TIL in 1918, the geographic center of the United States was determined by balancing a cardboard cutout shape of the US on a point. It was accurate to within 20 miles.
8a5da TIL of Oklahoma earthquake swarms, an increasing number of earthquakes in the state since 2009 related to the Oil & Gas Industry injecting wastewater in deep ground.