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TIL the highest achievement in the community of airbrush artistry is the “Vargas Award.”

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ZpXQY TIL: People paid to have their mail delivered to them until March 3rd, 1863 when the US Congress established free mail delivery to cities. New York City delivered residential mail 4 times daily until 1940. NYC reduced residential mail delivery to once daily (due to high costs) in 1950.
KYKYQ TIL There is an urban legend in BC, Canada, that driving examiners are expected to fail 50 per cent of the people they test. Nearly 50 percent of driving test candidates fail the first time because many arrive ill-prepared or with the intention of using their first test as a learning tool.
l7NKr TIL that TIL stands for "today i learned" and not "throwback in life"
9A0M TIL that in Michigan, you are never more than 6 miles from a natural water source. This is due to Michigan’s nearly 65,000 inland lakes and ponds. You are also never more than 85 miles from one of the Great Lakes.
VBVG4 TIL that when the key on push to start cars dies, you can hold the remote up to the button and it will turn on the ignition