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TIL There are studies proving that red light cameras are admittedly pure profit, do nothing to cease traffic accidents, protect citizens, or allow safety.

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Wkred TIL that Bill Nye's family has a history of a neurological disorder called ataxia and the reason he decided not to have kids was to avoid passing down the condition to them.
P11NZ TIL a microwave's wavelength is larger than the grid holes placed on the oven's door, which is why we don't get cooked while our food inside does
LkBP TIL that Americans have the highest cancer survival rates in the world.
PYkPL TIL that the Guinness world record for the longest album title is held by Chumbawamba, with a 156 word long album usually shortened to "The Boy Bands Have Won". (Full title in comments)
Wk8XY TIL: that in 1937 Hallie Latham disappeared and her body wasn't discovered until 3 years later by fishermen in Crescent Lake in Washington State, and due to the cold water and minerals in the Lake her body had been perfectly preserved and turned into a soap like substance.