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TIL that the US requires all cars made after 2018 to have a backup camera installed.

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yVdyw TIL that after the passing of Paul Kalanithi and Nina Riggs, who both chronicled their terminal illnesses, their respective surviving spouses ended up falling in love with each other and are currently together.
KYDa TIL that scientists aren’t really sure why we require sleep. According to one researcher with 50 years of experience in the field, “As far as I know, the only reason we need to sleep that is really, really solid is because we get sleepy.”
KQo6 TIL that during Prohibition in the United States, Winston Churchill referred publicly to the Constitutional amendment banning alcohol as “an affront to the whole history of mankind.”
gLXL TIL that after Paul Reubens’ (Pee-Wee Herman) arrest for indecent exposure, one of the celebrities that came to his defense was Bill Cosby.
xXg0 TIL that in 1973, a drunk driver struck and killed the world’s most isolated tree, in the middle of the Sahara desert