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TIL Every car made after 2002 has an “Emergency Release” cable inside the trunk in case of kidnapping.

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aw5wM TIL of all the gold medals won by US swimmers in the history of the Olympics, nearly 10% were won by Michael Phelps. (23/246)
nelvW TIL Harrison Ford was fitting a door for Francis Ford Coppola, when a studio executive, testing actresses for a new film, asked him to help out by reading the lines written by a male lead. The new film was Star Wars.
pkyA TIL That the film “Jeepers Creepers” was based on an actual unsolved murder: Easter Sunday 1990 outside of Coldwater, MI, Ray & Marie Thorton were chased & tormented on Snowperry RD, by a strange masked man in a blood-soaked Chevy van, after witnessing him dump a body by an abandoned school.
RaV8 TIL The Ginkgo Tree is a hardy variety, so much so that several of them survived the blast at Hiroshima and still exist to this day
N6WN TIL keeping bedroom doors shut at night can save your life in the event of a fire. A shut door will keep out smoke and flames for 20 minutes longer than an open door.