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TIL that obese drivers are 78% more likely to die in a car crash.

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lxYB TIL the almost final words of writer Roald Dahl, were “You know, I’m not frightened. It’s just that I will miss you all so much” to his family. After appearing to fall unconscious the nurse then injected him with morphine to ease his passing and he said his actual last words: “Ow, fuck!”
J1pDl TIL that Mae West was given a bribe of a 1931 Chevrolet Housecar by Paramount, to persuade her to make movies.
E1KOP TIL in 1974, there was a hilarious Turkish ripoff of Star Trek
nb6P TIL in Mount Dora back in 1961, the 25 richest families got together and built a huge underground bunker for themselves. They kept it secret from the rest of the town and stockpiled weapons to kill their neighbors if they tried to get inside.
E1wJo TIL Mike May, who became blind at age 3, got his sight back after more than 40 years but still had no idea how to see after his operation. Even though his eyes now worked perfectly, the visual part of his brain was so underdeveloped that it could not make any sense of the information coming in.