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TIL in a 1955 interview, James Dean talked about safe driving and his last line was ‘Take it easy, the life you might save might be mine’

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grXEL TIl that curly hair gave early humans an evolutionary advantage and made our brains bigger
kJoWW TIL : The government of new south wales estimated that it will take 4 years to complete Sydney Opera House but instead it took 14 years with 1400 times the estimated cost.
OJxg TIL a slave named Gordon ran away from a Mississippi plantation and used onions to throw bloodhounds off his scent. He went on to become a Union soldier during the Civil War. His photo was used by abolitionists to cast light on the brutality of slavery.
D46e TIL in 2004 the CEO of Smith & Wesson stepped down after it was revealed that he had served 15 years in prison for armed robbery. When asked why he never told anyone, he said “No one asked.”
16Mv4 TIL Lua -- the programming language behind WoW, Roblox, Wikimedia, nginx, and more -- was funded & created in 1993 by Jesuit engineers in order to comply with Brazil's strict barriers to international trade