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TIL that Stalin screened “The Grapes of Wrath” in the Soviet Union to showcase the depredations of life under capitalism. It backfired. Russian audiences marveled that in the United States, even poor people had cars. (6th paragraph)

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g17X TIL that Josh Morgan (wide reciever for the Washington Redskins) survived the Virginia Tech shooting while a student there, and his mother survived both the 2001 pentagon terrorist attacks and yesterday’s DC navy yard shootings while working at or near both locations.
5r9P TIL: Tapping the top of your motorcycle helmet is the same as flashing your lights at somebody to warn them about cops or speed traps. pass it on
VMVp8 TIL it is illegal in many US states for teenagers to drive with multiple friends
78RWL TIL that Pizzly Bears are the offspring of a female Polar Bear and a male Brown Bear. These hyprid Bears are able to breed offspring and to date there have been 8 confirmed hybrids (4 50:50 B:P, 4 75:25 B/P) in the wild. All 4 75:25 came from one 50:50 female and all 4 50:50 came from one female PB.
BgaYx TIL in 2008 the US Border Patrol spent $8.4 Million to sponsor a Nascar driver to boost agency recruitment.