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TIL There are hundreds of safe ride programs across the nation that you can utilize tonight (list of phone numbers and locations)

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5YBdn TIL about the "hijacking" of the oil tanker, Brillante Virtuoso in the Gulf of Aden in 2011. There pirate attack left the ship heavily damaged and it was scrapped. The owner attempted a $100 mil insurance claim, one of the primary inspectors was killed in a car bomb, others were harassed.
XNP6 TIL that a neutron star’s gravitational field is so strong, it bends light such that we can see more than half of its surface at once
QJk6M TIL that there is a statue of Jason Vorhees chained under the Crystal Lake located in Cosby, Minnesota
6E75W TIL about HPP (High Places Phenomenon), the experience of a sudden urge to jump when in a high place. Although it has been speculated to be associated with suicidal ideation, data has proposed that it stems from a misinterpreted safety signal (i.e., survival instinct).
5x5p TIL Running back Joe Delaney, who could not swim, died attempting to save three children from drowning.