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TIL Many people killed in crowd disasters die standing up

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P1LYg TIL when the Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act, the bill was given the identifier "H.R. 1776."
XLXX TIL that Rose Leslie (“Ygritte”) grew up in a castle ;her father being the chieftain of Clan Leslie. Kit Hartington (“Jon Snow”) is a distant cousin
9DLB TIL OK Go added their 35 minute track “9027 km” on their album “Oh No” in order to prevent their label from using the extra space to add DRM software.
grWmW TIL of the Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act (1957) that put a limit on compensations following a large scale non-military nuclear-catastrophe. It was ratified to lower the risk for private development and use of nuclear technology.
KYE6 TIL a tradition exists in Denmark that a woman can propose on Leap Day, if denied, the man must compensate her with 12 pairs of gloves