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TIL two independent surveys found that over 60% of self-identifying vegetarians admitted to eating meat in the last 24 hours.

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7rJ7Z TIL the Stasi, East Germany's secret police force, employed around 90,000 full-time staff, assisted by around 170,000 unofficial informants and countless other occasional collaborators. It is estimated that there was one agent or informant for every 6.5 people living in the GDR.
YpDmB TIL that the man who ordered the grounding of all aircraft in the U.S. on 9/11 was on his first day on the job.
xmO0 TIL there are no qualifications to being nominated to the SCOTUS. Not even age or US Citizenship. All you need to do is be “an individual”
lo6m7 TIL a New York taxi driver once hit 240 consecutive green lights in a single drive around the city
ZpaPp TIL that women die 17% more often in car crashes then men. In a frontal car crash with both sexes buckled in, their injury rate is also 73% higher.