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TIL that 7% of religious Americans pray to God about finding a good parking spot.

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7gWZ TIL ‘Munchausen by proxy’ is a label specifically for mothers who seek sympathy by making their children ill.
a89xb TIL author Harper Lee once said she regretted writing “To Kill a Mockingbird”, stating to writer Marja Mills, “I wish I’d never written the damn thing.” When Mills subsequently asked her again a few years later, Lee still seemed to express doubts. “Sometimes,” Lee replied. “But then it passes.”
8eG8a TIL that the Brazilian jumping spiders bite can cause severe pain, problems with the heart and breathing but also a penile erection that lasts for several hours, and in some cases death.
p8LoZ TIL cheating on exams or any other assignment at the University of Virginia is punished by expulsion. There is no lesser punishment.
EgoJd TIL The famous zodiac ceiling design, depicting over 2500 stars, at Grand Central Station was accidentally painted on backward.