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TIL that the banana slug is the official "state slug" of California

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rnr0 TIL in 2013 the Minnesota Court of Appeals revoked a man’s license after he repeatedly ignored warnings from law enforcement that he was driving too slowly on two-lane highways. He told a lower court judge that 48 mph is his Ford Ranger pickup truck’s “sweet spot” for gas mileage.
dpbB TIL that according to a Japanese legend, Jesus escaped persecution from the cross and fled to Japan where he became a rice farmer and raised a family until his death.
VMQ0G TIL between '87 and '92 six Boeing aircraft had complete engines just fall off in flight, and three of those times the other engine on the wing was knocked off as well.
mxEWp TIL that, the father of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, was a vice president of ENRON, another company that committed fraud.
XE4ej TIL that the Titanic passengers were so unconcerned with hitting the iceberg at first, that they had a snowball fight with the ice that came off the glacier and onto the ship.