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TIL that while less than 10% of people don't wear a seat belt, they make up almost 50% of car crash fatalities

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kOW6e TIL that there is no completely average human, When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages
WkQY9 TIL that, like champagne, tequila is a designation of origin product and must be grown in the Tequila Valley to be called tequila.
5YeJD TIL that there was an episode of the Twilight Zone in which three astronauts survive a crash landing and wander through the desert until the last man alive realizes he never left earth. Rodd Serling would use a lot of this plot for a film he helped write called "Planet Of The Apes"
V77D TIL that all US astronauts are required to learn Russian as part of their extensive training, and have to be able to run the ISS using Russian-language training manuals if necessary.
R7yE1 TIL an unknown black organic material was found preserved on 2 altars at the entrance to a shrine's holy of holies, part of a fortress guarding the southern border of biblical Judah. Testing them found frankincense and cannabis, the first time the latter has been identified in the Ancient Near East.