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TIL: memory foam mattress get firmer in cold temperatures

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9YGDD TIL The son of Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi used his connections to sign for a top-level Italian soccer team. He only ever played ten minutes, and one sportswriter said, "Even at twice his current speed, he would still be twice as slow as slow itself"
yQy1X TIL that 1 in 4 U.S. auto accidents are caused by distracted driving (cellphone use), and that distracted driving is considered 6 times more likely to cause an accident than driving drunk.
jNEGN TIL that the New Orleans "Jazz Funeral" is a burial ceremony and celebration of life unique to New Orleans. After the body is buried the band begins to play up-tempo, joyful jazz numbers, crowds of "second liners" join in and begin dancing, transforming the funeral into a street festival.
9wKJ6 TIL that goalkeeper Andy Goram, Glasgow Rangers' greatest-ever goalkeeper, was greeted with the chant of "Two Andy Gorams, there's only two Andy Gorams" by his own fans after it was reported in the press that he had a mild form of schizophrenia
ZDaB TIL that you’re 3 times as likely to get a virus from a church website than you are from a pornography website.