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TIL That a trucking company got over 900 speeding tickets, another 500 tickets for ignoring stop signs and other signals, and killed 32 people in just 24 months. Yet they are rated “satisfactory” by the agency that oversees transport.

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Y7Xb7 TIL Vertus Hardiman, who at age 5 in 1928 was subject to radiation experiments disguised as a new ringworm treatment. He lived 80 years suffering necrosis of his skull, hidden under hats and wigs.
ANGWd TIL after fame as the author of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and infamy due to his relationship with his step-sister, Lord Byron got historic fame in streets and carved on the Temple of Poseidon by dying in Greece as he predicted after giving £4,000 (0.5M in 2024) for Greek independence from Ottomans
Grej TIL During WWII, the NFL lost a lot of players because they left for military service. As a result, by the 1943 NFL season, the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers were forced to merge into one team called the Pennsylvania Steagles.
b9J9p TIL West African food like banku and okra soup serves as an easy way to stretch a meal through inexpensive starches. Proteins like meat and fish are expensive but a soup with a cheap starch can make one piece of meat last for a couple of days instead of just one meal
e0gXg TIL that in 1978, and architecture student discovered the Citigroup Center in NYC was susceptible to strong winds due to it being on stilts. Renovations to address the issue were done during a newspaper strike at night while employees were at home. This work was largely unkown unknown until 1995!