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XE7W6 TIL UPS plans it routes so drivers almost never take left turns, and this has saved the company on fuel costs, carbon output, and helped deliver almost half a million more packages a year.
ADBeo TIL: JZ Knight, who came to popularity in the 80's as a mystic channeling an ancient Indian God named "Ramtha" is now supporting Q-Anon.
d8ODj TIL that "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" by the Spin Doctors was about Chris Barron's stepmother. When he was a kid, she told him that he would grow up to be a janitor and would play his songs for the rats. The Spin Doctors' debut album sold 5 million copies with this song as the lead single.
Lkbx0 TIL New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik went on a date with then-closeted Pete Buttigieg while both were attending Harvard University
vPMB8 TIL that the space shuttle Challenger disaster contributed to the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act.