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TIL The US Postal Service will deliver an item with incorrect postage if it has the appearance of a greeting card, especially in December

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wrKJ TIL that a 2014 study found that mothers living within 10 miles of a natural gas fracking site were 30% more likely to have babies with congenital heart defects than those without.
Q8xk TIL that for his last meal, death row inmate Lawrence Brewer received two steaks, a triple-cheeseburger, an omelet, fried okra, a pound of barbecued meat, three fajitas, a meat-lovers pizza, a loaf of bread, ice cream, and root beer….and then decided he wasn’t hungry.
0wmgy TIL In 1919, Fritz Pollard became one of the first African-Americans to play in the NFL.One year¹ after making his debut,Fritz led his Akron Pros to their first ever NFL championship.The next year,Pollard became a player-coach with the same team and in effect became the NFL's first black head coach.
mxjGR TIL that the professional soccer team RB Leipzig stands for Rasenballsport Leipzig, which translates to lawn ball sport. This was done because of legal disputes. Everyone still calls them Die Rotten Bullen (The Red Bulls) because of how ridiculous the actual name of the team is.
M7DZB TIL J.D. Power's 2023 US vehicle dependability study has ranked Honda as below industry average, and Chevrolet is ranked higher than Toyota, Mazda and Honda.