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TIL The 1964 on-track death of a NASCAR alum named Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, of a crash resulting in fire explosion burns, directly led to Simpson creating the fire protection suit, saving the lives of many future drivers.

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e1Vk TIL that 25% of US Presidents were raised without a father.
0d94v TIL about the case of Doe vs Moe in which a man sued his ex-girlfriend for negligence after she “landed awkwardly on the plaintiff [during sex] thereby causing him to suffer a penile fracture”. He lost.
GYmn4 TIL P. Terry’s Burger chain in Austin has a full time employee whose job is to bake birthday cakes for employees.
j6Vda TIL In Washington State (and likely others) teachers are exempt employees and can legally be paid a salary of $0.00 per year.
XnOR TIL that Big Boi from OutKast, as a child, would throw candy parties where he’d charge kids to come to his house and eat candy all day. He would DJ it.