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TIL passenger side mirrors were uncommon on cars for most of the 20th century.

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0dbvM TIL there's a train station in Paris named after Rosa Parks
5W49 TIL of John Joe Gray, a fugitive who has been holed up with his family on a ranch in Texas since 2000. The sheriff has refused to attempt to arrest him for fear of “going up there and getting one of my young deputies killed.”
8ayWV TIL A 12 year old lied about his age and enlisted in the US Navy during WW2. He became a decorated war hero by 13.
d8BP7 TIL that an ex-girlfriend of J. D. Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye, auctioned off intimate letters Salinger sent her during their relationship. One man, Peter Norton, bought all of the letters for a considerable sum and promptly returned them to Salinger.
M0G7 TIL that the movie “Pootie Tang” (2001) was not only directed by Louis C.K. but was written by him as well.