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TIL NASCAR vehicles don't have speedometers for drivers

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8a4kb TIL, because of the buzz that resulted from drinking it, in the southeastern U.S., "dope" became a common term for Coca-Cola, and "dope-wagons" were the trucks that transported the beverage.
l70MN TIL about Peter Fossett, a man born into slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. He later bought his freedom and became a conductor on the underground railroad, a military officer, and a pastor. His wife, Sarah, filed a lawsuit in 1860 which desegregated the streetcars in Cincinnati.
plg8 TIL that in April 2003 the 82nd Airborne Division fired into a crowd of Iraqi civilians who were protesting their presence at a school within the city of Fallujah, killing 17 unarmed Iraqis.
AODl TIL a woman suffering an asthma attack died after 2 EMT workers told people to call 911 because they were on break
kGME TIL that Singapore Air flight 21, the longest scheduled flight, had special lockers on board to store the corpses of anyone who died on board, due to the lack of unscheduled stopping locations