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TIL homophobia is more common for in-the-closet homosexuals with authoritarian parents

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ep6GJ TIL that the US had a maximum speed limit of 55 mph from 1974-1995. It was initially put in place to save fuel due to the oil crisis but was later promoted as a safety measure
Jw6m TIL that a small portion of the population can voluntarily control their tensor tympani muscle, causing a low rumble in the ear.
bO8Z TIL that a stockbroker named Nicholas Winton brought saved the lives of 669 Czechoslovakian Jewish children by taking them to England. He refused to take credit until his wife found a scrapbook of the children that he saved and gave it to BBC. He will turn 104 later this year.
nW607 TIL The state bird of Utah is the seagull or more specifically, the California Gull
E1oNV TIL: In the late 1970s, directors Errol Morris and Werner Herzog collaborated on an Ed Gein documentary, but their project fell through.