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TIL that UPS delivery drivers only make right hand turns. UPS uses engineers and software to plan routes for their drivers that only have right turns, unless a left turn is absolutely necessary. This saves them time and fuel by never having to wait at stoplights, or in traffic, to make a left turn.

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ADnNg TIL Swedish band Roxette's success in the US is directly attributed to a Minnesotan who studied abroad in Sweden. He passed off their CD to a Minneapolis DJ and 'The Look' quickly became a fan favorite. Other stations followed suit and record label decided to take the act international.
69EA8 TIL something called the "beer mile" exists, where runners must drink a pint of beer for every quarter mile ran. Other variations include a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream for 4 miles, as well as a variation in which runners must solve a rubix cube along with each beer for their mile.
GYQ7 TIL that the last prisoner at both the Tower of London and Spandau Prison was the same man.
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oROmr TIL that Marc Summers, host of Nickelodeon’ Double Dare, suffered with OCD (and has had a generally wild life)