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TIL The Mackinac Bridge has drivers who will drive your vehicle over the bridge for you if you're not comfortable with it.

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wdNW TIL the bald truth of what really happened to Steve from Blues Clues!! He was starting to lose his hair and decided to leave the show to go after other career options.
KOYDE TIL about Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT) - a team of skilled fighters in top physical condition who interpret meteorological data, often in hostile territory, and deliver crucial information to air and ground forces.
vY0L TIL Scarlett Johansson almost got the lead role in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but lost it because director David Fincher thought she was too sexy. He said that no one would take the rape scene seriously as the audience would just be waiting to see her naked.
KOk1Q TIL NBC's broadcast of Schindler's List was the first film to get a TV-M rating and was unedited. The broadcast was controversial, with a Republican congressman complaining "it was all-time low, with full-frontal nudity, violence and profanity and a insult to decent-minded individuals everywhere".
400N TIL that alcohol is prohibited in the UK Parliament with one exception: the chancellor can drink while delivering the annual budget statement.