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TIL about 32% of all traffic crash fatalities in the US involve drunk drivers (with BACs of .08 or higher).

Read more nhtsa.gov

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8agaG TIL elementary school children in Japan came together online by creating a virtual graduation ceremony in a Minecraft-rendered graduation hall with students attending as Minecraft avatars.
BrjPK TIL Julius Caesar’s ship was hijacked by pirates. When his captors named a ransom price for his release, Caesar thought the number was insultingly low and insisted a greater sum be demanded.
v1YbK TIL The Giant Pacific Octupus has 3 hearts, 9 brains and blue blood.
rNeZw TIL about Arthur Arndt, a German physician whose family became the largest known group of Jews to survive by hiding in Nazi Germany.
npQb TIL that the act of “giving the key to the city” is a continuation of a medieval practice where the cities would be locked at night but someone given the key could come and go as they please as an honor for something great done for the city