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TIL NASCAR vehicles don't have speedometers for drivers

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e0N5 TIL Since 1988, US Presidential Debates aren’t debates at all, but closer to scripted news conferences where questions are agreed upon by both parties, answers are rehearsed into concise sound bites, and third parties are discouraged from participating.
0AQ1 TIL that students are paid $1500 a month to study in the most prestigious engineering school in France : École Polytechnique
9wlWG TIL when Michael Jackson wanted to fire his father as a manager in 1979, he sent Joe documents when he (MJ) wasn't home. When they met to discuss, MJ brought his advisor along so he wouldn't be alone with Joe. “The fact you can’t even talk to me unless you have this guy here. It hurts me, Michael"
rAGo TIL Cherokee men wearing phallic-laden masks(penis shaped), would seduce young women by shaking their masks at them. These men were called booger men and the event was known as the booger dance.
j6AGQ TIL that in the US, Medical Divorce Is a Grim Reality for Couples With Expensive Illnesses