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TIL that 7 out of the 10 most likely states to die in an auto accident, are in the south

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0Do1 TIL that a man attempted to sue Applebee’s after he leaned over a plate of sizzling fajitas to pray. A trial judge dismissed the suit, finding Applebee’s was not required to warn the man “against a danger that is open and obvious.”
16njX TIL that there is plans of an international sporting event akin to the Olympics where participants will be allowed and encouraged to use performance enhancing drugs.
WJ4B TIL that the Israeli postal service receives more than 1,000 letters addressed to “God” every year. Instead of disposing or archiving them, the undeliverable mail department opens them, and puts them between the cracks of the Western Wall.
Wkny4 TIL that the CIA paid Vietnam War spies by ordering them items from the Sears catalog because the spies operated in areas that had a barter economy and didn't rely on cash
wLmeW TIL during the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet military warned all soldiers that if they surrendered their families would be shot. Later, one of the soldiers who ended up surrendering was Stalin's own son, Yakov Dzhugashvili.