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TIL that Teens listening to their preferred music while driving commit a greater number of errors and miscalculations

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NX04P TIL Tarantino had originally cast Simon Pegg in Michael Fassbender's role in Inglorious Basterds
WkEmB Today I learned of Hurdy-Gurdy, a medieval stringed instrument that produces sound by a hand crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings.
dkQQ TIL in 2013, Jeremy Runnells, a 6th generation Mormon, compiled a list of concerns he had about Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and church history. The church never responded to his questions, but his research went viral and has caused many to question and subsequently leave the church.
NXvE1 TIL because of the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, dietary supplements in the US don't need to be approved for safety, don't need to disclose side effects, and don't even need to contain listed ingredients
pYRg4 TIL there's a member of the Waffen-SS buried in Arlington National Cemetery