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TIL that 11% of USA highway bridges are considered structurally deficient.

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Be4D TIL that chickens, especially hens, are very empathetic creatures who care deeply about their young.
b96y9 TIL The Trip (1967 movie) by Roger Corman is a movie about LSD, the director took doses to make it. Jack Nicholson who wrote the screenplay was taking it at this time along with two actors in the movie were famous for tripping: Dennis Hooper and Peter Fonda.
epgxJ TIL that the British Board of Film Classification, who give out ratings for films released in the UK, used to have an "H" rating, meaning "Horriffic", from 1932-1951. This rating was meant to be used for horror films released in the country.
nWj1o TIL the term "fairy tale" was coined by Marie Catherine d’Aulnoy to describe a collection of stories she wrote released in 1697-98.
Y44A TIL of the Ittan-Momen: a “roll of cotton” that, in Japanese folklore, becomes alive and self-aware once reaching 100 years old. It “flies through the air at night” and “attacks humans, often by wrapping around their faces to smother them.”