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TIL Truck driving is the most common job in most states in the U.S., due in part to being immune to globalization and automation.

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WkkG8 TIL a that there are a group of travelling gutter punks called "crusties" that make NYC's East Village their home during the warm months.
PYVkV TIL about "University of the People", a tuition-free, American-accredited online University providing Bachelor, Masters and Associate degrees in Computer science, Business, Health science and Education
w766 TIL In 1896 in Texas, a railroad agent organized a head-on collision between 2 locomotives as part of a publicity stunt for his railroad company and got 40K people to show up. Unexpectedly, the crash caused both engine boilers to explode, killing 3 people and injuring scores of others.
KYr0R TIL During WWII, the company Steinway introduced a piano model specifically designed to be deployed via airdrop
R57d1 TIL that while postboxes in England, N. Ireland and Wales are engraved with "EIIR" -the royal cipher of Queen Elizabeth II, those in Scotland bear only a Crown; as there was no Elizabeth I of Scotland. The controversial use of "EIIR" on Scottish postboxes lead to the "Pillar Box War" in the 1950s.