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TIL that each U.S. driver crashes an average of once every 10 years and that cell phone use is involved in 26% of all motor vehicle crashes.

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8aZWG TIL about the 71 teenage students, who were stationed to protect a South Korean HQ, despite having no experience in war or even firing a gun. The SK army didn’t think the NK army would attack that HQ, but they did. Those students, still in their school uniforms, held back the NK army for 11 hours.
D1OLp TIL that sloths only poop once a week
j6xKR TIL in 1916 Germany set off one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever in New York harbour, killing four and damaging the Statue of Liberty
4M0w TIL researchers determined that ‘deer crossing’ warning signs do not prevent accidents
ADWnd TIL Left-handed people's brains are so different from right-handed that they are often excluded from many psychological research studies