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TIL in 2022 seat belt use in the US was 91.6% of occupants (8.4% unrestrained) and unrestrained occupant deaths accounted for 49.8% of deaths.

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kVWB TIL that Elvis Presley flew from Memphis to Denver and back to eat the Fool’s Gold Loaf: a single warmed, hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with the contents of one jar of creamy peanut butter, one jar of jelly, and a pound of bacon.
a89XM TIL that in July 2021, polling found that 58% of Western Cape voters were in favor of holding a referendum on secession from South Africa.
x6XpB TIL that football (soccer) pitches, even at the highest level of competition, are not standard in size
W771N TIL that for more than 50 years, Chicago Public Schools required that Male Students be nude while attending Swimming Classes. Female students were allowed to wear swimsuits.
QJ90p TIL researchers found that, like humans, chimps and bonobos exhibit bonding behaviors after watching a video together in an experiment in which pairs of chimps & pairs of bonobos that watched videos of their respective species touched & paid attention to each other more than the control group