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TIL the highest BAC every recorded is 1.480%…and the guy was driving

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mOMO TIL that the price of college textbooks has risen faster than the price of houses and inflation. AND there is a company that provides FREE online college textbooks that are almost identical to the ones we are paying top-dollar for.
lokRN TIL that the computer chips that are put into spacecraft are not state of the art, but are so old as to be obsolete. Their known reliability makes up for it.
newkY TIL Marie Holmes won $188 million & vowed to give her church a big donation. After commuting to donate $1.5 million, the pastor sued her for $10 million for a verbal agreement to donate more. The pastor said Holmes gave him emotional stress, causing him to take medicine for anxiety and depression.
X7ED TIL that the Dead Marshes in the Lord of the Rings were most likely inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s involvement in WW1. Bomb craters would fill up with rain and dead soldiers from both sides could be seen floating inside the craters.
Q08d TIL THAT UNTIL RECENTLY THE NAVY COMMUNICATED IN ALL CAPS