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epdnb TIL of the 1955 Le Mans disaster which killed 84 people and injured 120 others
R5JQ TIL that Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout was held captive by Somali insurgents for 460 days, suffering terrible abuse and malnutrition. Upon her release, she created a charity to help Somalians and returned to deliver food during the drought in 2011.
XEAWR TIL that, when Ronald Reagan vetoed the 1987 Civil Rights Restoration Act, Congress overrode the Presidential veto by 73-24 in the Senate and 292-133 in the House.
XxkD TIL “canned laughter” tracks no longer exist, and is almost always a real live studio audience whose recording has been artificially “sweetened” in post production
OGgxa TIL that the origin of why married couples become 'one' & women take their husband's surname dates back to the 1600s, where coverture prohibited women from having any legal identity or rights b/c they were considered 'one' with the husband and therefore subsumed his identity.