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TIL A study from Harvard University found that having no friends can be as deadly as smoking.

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E1vpo TIL about Spinal Track, a nonprofit specializing in giving disabled drivers the opportunity to operate high performance vehicles on a track or off-road. Co-founded by Nathalie McGloin, the only female tetraplegic racing driver in the world
QNDwd TIL in 1981 a dog won against two humans for honorary mayor of a California town. In response, Chinese newspaper "People's Daily" reported this as an example of the failings of Western democracy
LQOJ9 TIL The Temple of Debod is an ancient Egyptian temple that was dismantled and rebuilt in the center of Madrid, Spain. It was moved due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam and the consequent threat posed by its reservoir.
J117B TIL an African American WW1 veteran was tied to a tree with tire chains, and shot as many as 50 times for refusing to move off a sidewalk for a white woman
P58J TIL a man, instructed by the “holy spirit”, spent 32 days answering more than 500 calls at the Mojave Phone Booth, located 8 miles from the nearest paved road and 15 from the nearest numbered highway. These calls included several from someone who ID themselves as “Sergeant Zeno from the Pentagon”