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TIL of the “phantom traffic jam” and why traffic jams get created sometimes when nothing is actually in the way.

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PRdZ TIL Wonder Woman has a black sister named Nubia. She was sculpted from black clay just as Diana was sculpted from white clay.
Oyn4 TIL as a 23 year old, Bear Grylls became one of the youngest Britons to climb Mt. Everest – 18 months after breaking three vertebrae in a parachuting accident.
K0Qa TIL famous gangster Johnny Stompanato stormed onto a movie set in the UK and pointed a gun at actor Sean Connery due to jealousy involved in Stompanato’s affair with Lana Turner, only to have Connery take the gun from him and force him from the movie set.
8ao6G TIL Kazakhstan is the world’s top uranium producer, accounting for around 40% of global supplies estimated at 50,000 tonnes a year
nevj9 TIL of the 1936 Nazi Board Game "Jews Out" where you move your 'Jews' outside of the city walls to 'collection points' so they can be sent to "Palestine"