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epMAb TIL Highway hypnosis is an altered mental state in which an automobile driver can drive lengthy distances and respond adequately to external events with no recollection of consciously having done so.
WyVY TIL Caesar salad is unrelated to Julius Caesar. it was invented on the Fourth of July by an immigrant living in Mexico, who named it after himself
nkAo TIL: Back in 2009, a police officer pulled over a man (who was rushing his ailing mother to the hospital) for expired tags, and refused to let him take her. She died. He got 1 day suspension.
8eN9G TIL that Florence mills’ house was designated a landmark, but it was the wrong house. The right house had been demolished. This marks the only time a landmark in New York City has been stripped of its label.
QJRmM TIL that flying cars were invented in 1954