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TIL people that don’t ever wear shoes don’t ever get ingrown toenails.

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5VP8D TIL before commercial air travel was invented, the term "air line" referred to railways that travelled on relatively direct, straight routes that were advertised as being faster than other rail lines
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8n8L TIL Sylvester Stallone directed the Bee Gee’s “Staying Alive” music video in 1977
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