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TIL in college Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal tried to perform exorcism on a classmate who was undergoing chemotherapy.

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xVnEw TIL that 88 percent of American drivers rate themselves as above average.
nWMmr TIL that the 1999 British Grand Prix was red flagged due to Race Director Charlie Whiting accidentally hitting the red flag button instead of the pit exit open button. While the red flags were out, Michael Schumacher crashed at Stowe corner due to brake failure, breaking his right leg.
b9vNE TIL in 1856 an American clipper was approaching Cape Horn when its captain collapsed, leaving his 19-year-old wife to navigate through one of the world's deadliest sea passages. She commanded for 56 days, faced down a mutiny, and navigated the clipper ship into San Francisco
yxX TIL that all three of Tom Cruise’s marriages ended when his wives were 33 years old
a94Z TIL the precedent set in the Supreme Court case of Wickard v Filburn (which allows the government to stabilize the market by destroying excess food) was used in Gonzales v. Raich to give the federal government the power to criminalize medicinal marijuana despite state laws which may make it legal