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TIL about Richard McNair who escaped custody three times, once from a High security prison. He lived on the run for years. Even being featured on America's Most Wanted twelve times!

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xVWMk TIL about the traffic-inducing game of “leapfrog” played between truck drivers, where they get points for accumulating “bugs” (car drivers) stuck behind them as they do their “leap” in the left lane past the other trucks. The record is a 57-bug trail of cars stuck behind the leaping truck for 29 min
4X0o TIL A former Italian Porn star became a politician and continued to make adult movies while a member of parliament
R7Kna TIL there is a popular resort town in China that is a near-replica of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, complete with its own Teton Village and Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. The town’s Chinese name translates literally to “Hometown, USA”.
ZmXB TIL the U.S. has recycled the uranium of 18,000 nuclear warheads into energy since 1994.
6l7l TIL Bob Jones University had a ban on interracial dating until 2000