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TIL it is estimated that 1,000 deaths occurred in the months following 9/11 because Americans chose to travel by car instead of by plane

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N7XLe TIL That Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincolns Son, Was Present During Three Presidential Assassinations. His Fathers, James A. Garfield's, And The Assassination of William McKinley
EAN0 TIL the Burj Khalifa is so tall that residents above the 80th floor have to wait 2-3 minutes longer to end Ramadan
e09w4 TIL that Flamingos aren't born pink and turn that color due to their diet.
yQgdp TIL Marie Skłodowska-Curie is not only the first woman to win the Nobel Prize but also the first person to win it twice in two different fieldss
W7yp9 TIL that in 2021 former NBA center Shawn Bradley was involved in a bike accident that left him paralyzed. He has since described his height (7 foot 6 or 2.29m) as a hindrance to recovery since quadriplegia at that height has no medical precedent.