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TIL that on average, drivers in the US spend about $20 billion a year in overpaying for parking spots and 17 hours every year is spent by each driver searching for one.

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KODKG TIL that a man with a personalized license plate which read "NO PLATE" received 2500 overdue traffic tickets... because they had all been issued to various cars with no plates, and when a car marked "NO PLATE" appeared in the system, the algorithm automatically redirected those tickets to its owner.
X0pkj TIL Teddy Roosevelt's great grandson Simon died in motorcycle accident aged 19. 17 years later, Simon's brother Caleb died in a car accident at the same age of 19. Four years after that, their brother William died at 21 after getting hit by a pickup truck.
9wkLQ TIL: Saudi Declares Online Satire A Punishable Offense
erxn TIL drug overdoses from opiods increased 14% in 2014, killing 40,000 people. This is an increase of 137% since 2000. More people die from drug overdoses, says the CDC, than in road accidents: just under 33,000 people died in traffic accidents last year in 2014.
awgoZ TIL that introversion and extroversion is a spectrum with "ambiversion" in the center. An ambivert is moderately comfortable with groups and social interaction, but also relishes time alone, away from a crowd.