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TIL car trunks got emergency release handles because a middle aged woman and her husband escaped being kidnapped and fought for it until it became a requirement

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JKvB TIL: St Augustine, who lived in the 4th century, advocated that god should have made use of natural, evolutionary, original causes in the production of man’s body. He believed it was the soul that was created through a supernatural process, the body was created through a natural evolutionary process
nJpo TIL that the old 50% divorce rate in America was never true. It was never even close. It’s actually getting closer to 25%.
ne8JW TIL that Plato’s name is actually a nickname that means ‘broad’. It was given to him on account of his handsome, robust and well-built figure while he wrestled under the tutelage of Ariston of Argos.
neGeY TIL that Jimi Hendrix played guitar for Little Richard
GAexg TIL on average, women who are raised without a father experience puberty 3 months earlier.