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TIL “drafting” 10 feet behind a semi truck can increase your fuel efficiency by up to 40 percent.

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KYXNw TIL The 2002 Longshoremen Strike that delayed Christmas products that year is the reason why Christmas decorations started to appear in stores earlier each year.
MeKQ8 TIL Robert Altman's 14-year-old son, Michael, wrote the lyrics to "Suicide is Painless" for his dad's movie MAS*H. When the movie was turned into a TV show, the song was used as the theme of the series and he earned over $1 million in royalties.
B40x TIL In 2003, a Boeing 727 was stolen from Angola. Neither the plane nor the pilots have been seen since.
Lklpp TIL Jim Henson’s original version of Kermit the Frog was a madman who murdered his friend over and over again for not liking coffee.
R7gx8 TIL that after a male Darwin’s bark spider fertilizes a female, he plugs up the female’s genitals with a mating plug. Using silk, the female traps the male so that he’s stuck to her genitals, saving him for when she’s hungry.