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TIL According to Saudi Arabian law, women are not allowed to drive cars but are allowed to fly planes.

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kYDE TIL that Theodore Roosevelt lost both his first wife and mother within 11 hours of each other, 2 days after the birth of his first daughter, Alice. It was also Valentine’s Day.
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