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TIL That in 2007, a group of college students drove the speed limit (55MPH) on I-285 and backed up traffic for miles.

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e7v6 TIL Katie Green, a spokesmodel for Wonderbra, appeared in FHM, and was voted number 3 on the ‘Best Bodies’ list. She was asked to lose 28lbs, making her ill and decided to quite modeling. She started a campaign 'Say No To Size Zero’, to ban all size zero models with an unhealthy BMI from catwalks.
YpZ57 TIL After Col. Shaw died in battle, Confederates buried him in a mass grave as an insult for leading black soldiers. Union troops tried to recover his body, but his father sent a letter saying "We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers."
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