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TIL that the letters "SRS" imprinted on the cover for an airbag for a car stands for "Supplemental Restraint System."

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BrYox TIL in Europe between 1550 and 1700 over 80,000 people were tried for witchcraft and half were executed - often burned alive. Data shows it was most intense where Catholic-Protestant rivalry was strongest and the phenomenon reached its zenith when there was “peak competition for Christian consumers"
VGMQ TIL that American Pharoah’s Great-Great-Great Grandfather is Secretariat
5yRp TIL 125 people where shot crossing the Berlin wall whereas an estimated 6000 people died trying to cross the Mexico-US border in the past 15 years.
Z06G TIL that the heat, A/C, store and parking lot lights at every Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club in the world is monitored and controlled from Bentonville, Arkansas, USA.
kvwW TIL that Canada and Mexico are more ethnically diverse than the United States