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It's a phobia, but other phobias don't give you that same woozy feeling.
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OoL14
TIL Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to travel outside the US on official business. He went to Panama to inspect the ongoing construction of the Panama Canal, arriving there on November 14, 1906.
XEK56
TIL the US government imposed a tax on telephone service in 1898 to support the Spanish-American War and only stopped collecting it in 2006.
RL98
TIL the blobfish – a fish repeatedly described as the world’s ugliest animal – actually becomes a pretty good-looking fish when submerged to 4,000 feet.
RDEQ
TIL that an estimated 85 people die for every life saved by speed bumps, because while they slow down cars and save pedestrians they also slow down emergency vehicles that might otherwise save people.
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TIL Vincent Vega (John Travolta’s character in Pulp Fiction) is the brother of Vic Vega, aka Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen’s character in Resevoir Dogs)