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TIL Death by GPS refers to the death of people attributable, in part, to following GPS directions or GPS maps

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vPoD TIL it is not incorrect to call DUCT tape, DUCK tape. It was duck tape, first
ZpGNY TIL a number is US cities are named after the Miami Native American nation of the Great Lakes but Miami Florida is not one of them. Miami Florida is named after the Miami River which is fed from Lake Mayaimi, now Lake Okeechobee.
l75Na TIL that Franklin Roosevelt probably had an affair with Princess Martha of Norway. Invited to USA during WW2, she stayed at the White House and traveled with FDR. The president's son and others believed that Martha was Roosevelt's "last love".
dXx9 TIL Guiness Draft has fewer calories than Orange Juice.
DmYg TIL Bill Nye and his neighbour, Arrested Development star Ed Begley Jr., are in an ongoing competition to see who can have the “lowest carbon footprint”