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TIL That Tailgating is the Primary Cause of Traffic Jams

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EgpW TIL in the 90s Johnny Depp trashed a NYC hotel room and when confronted by the authorities claimed an armadillo was responsible for the damage. It apparently leaped from a cupboard before trashing the room and throwing itself out the window.
BgYLe TIL that before the 1666 fire, Old St Paul’s Cathedral doubled as London’s gossip hub: “news-mongers” paced its nave for the latest talk. A contemporary playwright said Paul’s Walk was an “open house” where people “go up and down… grumbling together,” amid beggars, thieves and prostitutes.
E14Do TIL that in 2001, Alanis Morissette single-handedly extended the Broadway run of "Jane Eyre" by a month, donating $150,000 worth of tickets to poor kids
b4ME TIL that the only recorded air-to-air helicopter battles in history occurred during the Iran-Iraq war, between Iraq MI-25 Hinds and Iranian AH-1J Internationals
M7rna TIL that 95% of Egyptians live within 5% of Egypt’s land area