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TIL that a British survey concluded that, in an emergency aircraft evacuation, up to 35% of people admit they would try to take some or all of their belongings with them, despite being instructed not to.

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e0Exg TIL that the United States Dollar is solely backed by "full faith and credit by the United States" after the gold standard was dropped in 1971.
16pDD TIL in 1990 a printer for the U.S. Naval Academy put the word “navel” on the graduates’ diplomas.
7vor TIL John Lennon was so near-sighted he could not see the crowds when performing on stage. He only knew they were there by their screams. The rest of the Beatles would trick him into walking through wrong doors, usually leading him into closets.
e0XN4 TIL that a president of France actually died in office while being fellated.
G4Og TIL That Hungary held a contest to name a Danube River bridge. Within days, “Stephen Colbert hid” (hid is Hungarian for bridge) was number one in the poll with 17 million votes, seven million more than the population of Hungary.