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TIL El Paso, Texas is closer to San Diego than it is to Houston

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WkmVY TIL that Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) don't contain the letters I, O, or Q; this is to avoid confusion with the numerals 1, 0, and 9 (q).
BvdW TIL The Simpsons’ “Bart prank calls Moe’s Tavern” is a reference to two guys who used to prank call a bar in Jersey City and became famous for the recordings
Egr8X TIL Horror director and Legally Blonde actor Oz Perkins is the son of Psycho star Anthony Perkins, and the nephew of Cabaret and Barry Lyndon star Marisa Berenson. Perkins's mother, Berinthia "Berry" Berenson Perkins, was killed in the September 11th attacks shortly after Legally Blonde's release.
aAVM TIL that Elvis Costello once drunkenly referred to Ray Charles as a “blind, ignorant nigger”. Charles forgave him, saying “drunken talk isn’t meant to be printed in the paper.”
R5777 TIL that Salami Slicing or ‘Penny Shaving’ as seen in ‘Hackers’ (1995) and ‘Office Space’ (1999) is a legit fraud technique seen in the real world.