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TIL the phrase "do you or a loved one suffer from mesothelioma" is the perfect example of the second person point of view.

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0d1KL TIL during a hunting trip in 1913 the race car driver Camille Jenatzy hid behind a bush, made animal noises and was promptly shot by a friend, he died in a car on the way to hospital, fulfilling his own prediction that he would die in a Mercedes
0Oxy TIL the custom of wearing a hat greatly diminished when cars with little headroom were created
vZX4 TIL Lil Wayne had his life saved by an off duty police officer who drove him to the hospital after the rapper accidentally shot himself as a child.
LkNPp TIL That jogging becomes running at 6mph
RYG8 TIL Birds have two fovea, meaning they can switch between focusing on their central vision and their peripheral vision. You never know when a bird is looking directly at you.