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TIL that coaches in college sports are significantly more abusive, mean, and aggressive than people in the military

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exDb TIL that the world’s longest traffic jam occurred in China in 2010 and it lasted for over ten days. At its worst, cars were moving at speeds of around 1km (0.6 miles) per day.
OD1 TIL Stalin once said to Winston Churchill, “God is on your side? Is He a Conservative? The Devil’s on my side, he’s a good Communist.”
VMQO8 TIL that Peter Butterworth (1915-1979), a British comedy actor, failed his audition for the 1950 movie The Wooden Horse because he "didn't look convincingly heroic or athletic enough". However, he was a POW in Stalag Luft III and actually helped in the real escape that the film/book was based on.
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