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TIL San Francisco Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Briggs has talked approximately 200 people out of suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge sine 1994

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7Rep TIL There exist lists for College Professors to know which references their students will be too young to get
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M7J0A TIL that Canadians are required to answer a skill-testing math question to win contest prizes!
kJ5Gg TIL Roland Ratzenberger died in a F1 crash in 1994 measured at 500g—the highest g-force for a crash in F1. However, the very same weekend Ayrton Senna died and his death was overshadowed.
QNDAE TIL of the phenomenon of 'Twin Films'. These are two films with very similar plots which are released by two different studios at roughly the same time (e.g. Madagascar & The Wild, Antz & A Bug's Life)