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TIL professors of universities during the Vietnam War inflated students' grades in order to help them avoid the draft.

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Bg7Rk TIL that the largest mall in the world is in Iran and it’s 21 million square feet
yVZ9v TIL Despite having the best overall record in MLB in 1981, the Cincinnati Reds did not qualify for the postseason. This was due to a midseason strike which split the season in half and teams that won their division in each half of the season advanced to the playoffs.
oROZW TIL that New York (57), New Jersey (56), and Pennsylvania (48), three of the original 13 colonies, have had fewer than half the number of governors of South Carolina (117), another of the original 13
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