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TIL some people don't have an "inner monologue"

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JQLl TIL the general who opened Guantanamo prison now wants it to be closed
VBO6m TIL that during the 1980 Okęcie plane disaster passengers were found to have been holding onto their seats so hard, that it led to severed muscles and tendons unrelated to the damage caused by the crash itself.
KlKR TIL: As late as 1985 there was still 26 states with no drunk driving laws. You could map a 3,700 mile drive from Key West in Florida to the Idaho - Canada border. That would allow you to legally drink the whole drive.
wLr6E TIL That a % chance of rain doesn’t exactly mean there is a specific chance for rain. Rather, it is a formula that considers how confident the meteorologist is and what % of the area is likely to get rain. If a met. is 50% confident that 50% of an area will get rain, the “chance” for rain is 25%.
epv5g TIL Eleanor Roosevelt wrote an extremely popular newspaper column 6 days-a-week for 25 years which was part diary, part moral support for the disadvantaged, and part attacks on complacent Democrats.