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TIL that over 120 USPS mail trucks have caught on fire within the past five years.

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WWJY TIL Finland is the first nation in the world to experiment with autonomous vehicles in urban conditions. That is because the country’s book of law doesn’t oblige the driver to be inside the vehicle.
NWg1 TIL: In Canada, a financial advisEr has to put your interests first; an advisOr doesn’t.
pY6E4 TIL Thousands of Pigeons Pooped on Spectators at 1936 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony after up to 30,000 pigeons were released and then the organisers began firing canons. The story was relayed and recorded by US Olympian Louis Zamperini, a long distance runner.
XEn8E TIL Elizabeth Eckford of the little rock 9 was alone on the day of that iconic photo because her family had no telephone!
P6XG TIL in the 3rd grade LeVar Burton excelled at reading and was regularly left in charge of his class while teacher made herself a cup of tea. He would read aloud to his fellow classmates until his teacher returned.