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TIL that Diana Ross, although being nominated 13 times, has never won a Grammy award

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W4rB TIL when a city in Indiana replaced all their signaled intersections with roundabouts, construction costs dropped $125,000, gas savings reached 24k gallons/year per roundabout, injury accidents dropped 80%, and total accidents dropped 40%.
J1QEv TIL: Mike Tyson consumed cocaine from age 11 and used a fake penis to pass drug tests
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