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TIL Drowsy driving is as dangerous as Drunk driving.

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VeV0 TIL World Cup referees run 6 to 8 miles per game. All while scrutinizing plays and communicating with players and other officials. Players run around 7 miles per game which dwarfs what NFL, NBA or MLB players run per game.
LkGV TIL Freddie Mercury’s album “Mr Bad Guy” was dedicated “to my cat Jerry- also Tom, Oscar and Tiffany, and all the cat lovers across the universe- screw everybody else”
6EdNl TIL that NPR created a 13-episode audio drama of A New Hope which starred Mark Hamill and is believed to have increased a then-struggling NPR's listenership by 40%.
E1moo TIL: During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Naval Command prioritized destroying Battleships over Carriers. The operational commander, Minoru Genda, defied those orders and assigned more planes per Carrier than planes per Battleship, in spite of carriers being lightly armored and easier to sink
oR1MR TIL that the first African American Governor of a US State, Douglas Wilder, wasn’t elected until 1990.