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TIL Hercules once tricked Atlas into holding the sky using the old “hold this while I tie my shoes” routine

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rN4O0 TIL that the most dangerous US city to drive in during the winter is Chattanooga, Tennessee which sees 8.35 fatal collisions for every 100,000 residents in the winter. (The distant 2nd place is Atlanta, Georgia at 5.73 fatal car accidents per 100,000 people.)
neZdW [TIL] About the Melanasians. A group of people with African descent who have naturally blonde hair.
M4v7 TIL two men went missing in Naples, FL after being arrested by the same officer for driving without a license, one year apart.
7k9x TIL that nearly 1 percent of young women in a U.S. study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as virgins, according to a report in the Christmas edition of Britain’s BMJ medical journal
BgX6b TIL - Modern mammals are unique among vertebrates for possessing three tiny bones in the middle ear, which are unique in that they are separated from the jaw, critical because it allows the separation of hearing and chewing, and also allows hearing of high-pitched noises.