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TIL Derek Kieper, an anti-seat belt law advocate, was killed in a car wreck because he wasn’t wearing his seat belt.

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M7RKV TIL: Most sailboats over the length of 16 feet have some form of engine and/or auxiliary power.
WkaNA Til that the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the wonders of the ancient world, only stood for 54 years. It then fell over onto the land after an earthquake, where it was visited by tourists for over 800 years.
gMYBy TIL the plane with the longest wingspan to ever fly is the Stratolaunch, it has only flown once.
W7LRd TIL the burial site of Eve, which allegedly gave the ancient Arabian city of Jeddah (grandmother) its name, was cemented over by Saudi authorities in 1975
DQ7jY TIL the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Nazi Germany caused about 17 German deaths, but as many as 13,000 Jewish residents killed, and resulted in the remaining 50,000 residents being sent to camps