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TIL UPS trucks almost never take left turns, the result of a route-optimization program that has saved an estimated 10 million gallons of gas since 2004.

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ADrLg TIL The magnetic north pole moves around 55 kilometres (34 miles) a year. It crossed the international date line in 2017, left the Canadian Arctic and is headed to Siberia. This presents a problem for compasses in smartphones and other electronics.
QJjAd TIL that in 2013, Harrison Okene survived underwater in the Atlantic Ocean for 3 days
b91Oj TIL sea mussels use organometallic iron-based bonds in their cuticles. Simulating this feature in synthetic replicas increased tensile strength 58x, toughness 92x, resistance to being deformed elastically 770x, and increased the amount of stress required to permanently damage them 76x.
neZO7 TIL Schrödinger's Cat was a thought experiment designed to be so absurd that people would realize that's not how quantum mechanics work.
Edrp TIL the earliest documented version of Cinderella is Chinese.