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TIL USPS Delivery Vehicles are 30 years old + they use engines designed in the 70's that get 10 MPG

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8ewmb TIL according to the Romans, their founder fled to Carthage from Troy during the Trojan Wars and seduced the Carthaginian Queen, prompting her to commit suicide when he abandoned her for Italy
DQe8p TIL Richard Patrick, lead singer of Filter, was an original touring guitarist for NIN and has an older brother Robert, aka T1000
ngrr TIL the director of M.A.S.H. had his 14-year-old son write a song for a scene because it needed to be “the stupidest song ever written.” His son wrote it in 5 minutes. It became the theme. The director earned $70,000 for directing the movie; by 1980 his son had earned over $1 million from the song.
a8k6M TIL of 17 year old Trey Sims who was prosecuted for sexting his gf, detective David Abbott got a search warrant authorizing him to take photos of his erect penis. Detective also made him to masturbate so he can take pics of his erect penis, court deemed this search illegal 3 years later on appeal.
oBl88 TIL that there was a real James Bond. He was an ornithologist from Philadelphia who wrote the book, "Birds of the West Indies" (1936). Bond author Ian Fleming borrowed the name because he wanted the iconic spy to have an ordinary name and he was also a birdwatcher who loved Bond's book.