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TIL 97% of NYC Hydrant Tickets are Issued within 7ft (despite law being 15 ft)

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JYo14 TIL: Laos is the most heavily bombed nation in history, with the US secretly dropping an average of 8 bombs a minute for 9 years during the Vietnam war
1a9G4 TIL former spanish national team goalkeeper Iker Casilas was given money by his dad for lottery tickets every week but used to spend it on himself. One day 14 of his dad's numbers came up and he lost his dad 1.1 million euros.
epOND TIL the 2024 Isle of Man TT motorcycle race was the first year since 1982 with zero fatalities. Since 1937, at least one rider has died each year the event has been held.
D1aMv TIL of a Greek wedding tradition that brides write the names of their single girlfriends on the bottom of their wedding day shoes, and the first woman’s name to be erased will be the next to get married.
wop9J TIL about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), a disorder characterized by extreme, uncontrollable anxiety in the face of anything perceived as a "demand." Those with PDA may try to avoid not only the demands of others, but also the demands of their own body, such as for hunger or sleep.