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TIL there are more Subway restaurants than McDonald’s

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7Nvx TIL in the 50s, teenagers having a stable monogamous relationship (“going steady”) was considered edgy and frowned upon by parents and the church as amoral. Instead they encouraged their kids to go out with different people every weekend. (read column on the right)
MDAm TIL that even though it hasn’t existed for over 20 years, the Soviet Union is still in second place for all-time olympic medal wins.
Brk7D TIL the highest g force voluntarily experienced by a person was 46.2 g's by John Stapp. He rode a rocket sled that reached a top speed of 632 MPH, The land speed record at the time and he stopped in 1 second. For a brief moment his body weighed 7700 pounds.
KYjyE TIL about fetus in fetu, a rare condition where a malformed twin is found inside the body of its sibling. This happens when one twin is absorbed by the other during early development. The parasitic twin can survive for years undetected, feeding off the host's blood supply.
DOmv TIL CAPTCHA is an acronym: “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”