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TIL the USA state of Vermont has more miles of unpaved roads than paved roads.

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wL1rW TIL in the 1930s, bridge construction projects expected one fatality for every $1 million in cost. So, the Chief Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge enacted the most stringent safety measures in history. He even formulated diets to help fight dizziness and sauerkraut juice “cures” for hangovers.
VBjPD TIL, that North Korea offered and delivered flood relieve aid to South Korea in 1984
X9KQ TIL that a “white elephant gift exchange” takes its name from the legend of the King of Siam gifting rare albino elephants to those who displeased him because the upkeep costs would financially ruin them.
Qd0e TIL Learning a second language greatly reduces the risk of having Alzheimers later in life
5VKkD TIL that tetanus is the only vaccine-preventable disease that is caused by an infection but is not contagious.