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TIL "Live Free or Die" New Hampshire lives up to its motto by being the only US State not requiring adults to fasten a seat belt

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A1Gg TIL in 1955, Sears published a phone number that kids could use to “call Santa”. However, due to a misprint, the number Sears printed redirected to NORAD’s top secret emergency line. Rather than having the ad pulled, NORAD decided to “track” Santa’s progress, which they continue to do to this day.
mD5y TIL that Abraham Lincoln suffered from a lifelong “melancholy,” a condition we now call clinical depression. His suffering was so severe, that his community had to put him under a “suicide watch.”
vQnr TIL that the drug Daraprim costs about 5 cents in India compared to $750 in the United States!
BgZRy TIL The French trio band "Darlin'" formed in 1992 and produced two songs before the members split up to pursue their own creative interests. Thomas and Guy formed "Daft Punk" while Laurent, inspired by their song "Phoenix", formed a band of 4 under the same name of the hit song
0Amy TIL Bill Murray did the voice of Garfield, whose voice was done by Lorenzo Music in the cartoon. Lorenzo Music did the voice of Murray’s character in the Ghostbusters cartoon