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TIL only 18% of americans can drive a stick

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69Pnl TIL the 1992 Super Bowl halftime show caused viewership of the game on CBS to decrease by 22%. So the following year, the NFL asked Michael Jackson to perform. The half time show was a major success, marking the first time in Super Bowl history that ratings increased between halves during the game.
nMWb TIL The Concorde supersonic jet stretched during flight due to the heat it generated. On its final flight the crew placed their hats into a crevice in the floor which appeared during the flight, as the aircraft cooled the crevice closed, permanently sealing their hats in the aluminum airframe.
X7Rk TIL that in 2011 after the Fukushima disaster the Russians offered a special barge designed to clean radioactive water, the Japanese turned them down and decided to go with water tanks
x6ay7 [TIL] That there is a timelapse of a life from newlyweds to an elderly woman living alone in We Didn't Start the Fire.
prxA TIL Donald Trump ran a university that was intended to teach investing skills, however, it was all a scam.