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TIL that American highways are increasingly being signed with a font called Clearview, which was approved for interim use in 2004 and is claimed to be more legible than the traditional Highway Gothic font.

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X04J6 TIL The average life span of a pet cat has risen from seven years in the early 1980s to fifteen years as of 2021.
NXG5M TIL that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was informed of Osama Bin Laden’s death before the rest of th world found out. Johnson also made a tweet where he stated that he was proud to be an American, 45 minutes before Bin Laden’s death was announced by the White House.
DQALg TIL that Iceland, despite being neutral, was invaded by the British in WWII.. which eventually led to their independence.
aaLy TIL about 8% of the population suffer Sleep Paralysis. Which is a phenomenon in which an individual, either during falling asleep or awakening, briefly experiences an inability to move, speak, or react and some experience hallucinations of shadowy figures or demons.
vggB TIL in 1899 the southern States had four days of arctic cold, enough to freeze the entire length of the Mississippi River