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TIL that while Florida accounts for 9% of America’s insurance claims, it accounts for 79% of the nation’s home insurance lawsuits.

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epAPb TIL that figure skating and ice hockey were featured events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. At the 1921 Olympic Congress though, it was decided that a Winter Olympics would be created for these events and for snow and ice sports which would have been logistically impossible to hold during the summer.
RX16 TIL Dogs are used in courtrooms to help child crime victims tell their stories
BpbL TIL Congress or the President can declare someone an honorary citizen of the United States. Only 7 people have ever had this status.
nekJ9 TIL NYPD officer John Perry was turning in his retirement papers on 9/11 when the first plane struck. He asked for his badge back and ran to help. He was killed while assisting a woman in the south tower as it collapsed.
W70g4 TIL that the last remaining Chi-Chi’s restaurant is located in Vienna, Austria. Germany and Belgium closed their locations in 2022.