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TIL A Sober driver was arrested for a DUI after a deputy flew through a stop sign and hit her.

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ymEJ TIL that in the 1780s, the Austrian army attacked itself by mistake and lost over 10,000 men
ANJEo TIL about the Echuya Batwa, a people native to Uganda's Impenetrable Forest. In 1991, they were evicted from their lands to make way for a nature reserve to protect the gorillas that live there. Today, they suffer from a life expectancy of only 28 and nearly half of all children don't live to five.
rRMGW TIL ARM processors are a descendent of the Acorn RISC machines I learned Logo on in primary school
a6W9 TIL that “Jim Wilson” is the code name given to a cadaver being flown on a commercial flight.
QJvBk TIL in the 19th century, profit-maximizing recipe used by milk producers was a pint of lukewarm water for every quart of milk—after the cream was skimmed; To whiten the bluish liquid they added chalk and to replace skimmed-off layer of cream, they might add a final flourish of pureed calf brains