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TIL that 88 percent of American drivers rate themselves as above average.

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N7RX6 TIL up to half of marathon runners develop symptoms relating to their gastro-intestines, anything from minor stomach cramps & diarrhoea, to a fatal ischemic bowel
VBwV0 TIL in 1963 a 16 year old sent a four-question survey to 150 well-known authors (75 of which replied) in order to prove to his English teacher that writers don't intentionally add symbolic content to their books.