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TIL South Dakota launched a "Don't Jerk And Drive" safety campaign to raise awareness about how dangerous it can be for drivers to overcorrect with their steering wheel when they hit icy patches. It was pulled due to negative feedback for having a double entendre for masturbation.

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6ErVQ TIL at the start of the 2008 crash, the second Wall Street firm to reduce its position in mortgage-backed securities was Lehman Brothers Inc, which went bankrupt soon after. The first firm was Goldman Sachs, who moved early at the urging of two employees as dramatized in the 2011 film "Margin Call".
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