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TIL there are an estimated 2 BILLION parking spots in America

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4kKJo TIL about "Terminal Lucidity." The unexpected return of mental clarity and memory shortly before the death of patients suffering from severe psychiatric and neurologic disorders
b6JxQ TIL that the final straw for Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait was the Kuwaiti emir telling the Iraqi Foreign Minister his intention to turn "every Iraqi woman into a $10 prostitute" by ruining Iraq financially
1awZr TIL Fred and Wilma Flintstone were the first couple to be shown in bed together on prime-time television
4kwZ6 TIL about The Battle of the Frogs, a 1754 frog skirmish so intense that villagers in Windham Connecticut thought an attack from enemies was imminent.
mbjo TIL that a software bug made Gandhi the most aggressive leader in the first civilization game, making him famous for dropping nukes.