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TIL Canada's e-scooter share program use technology to help determine if a rider is riding on a sidewalk instead of the street based on vibrations. People who ride on sidewalks will be mandated education and then fined

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8daa TIL that the Central Intelligence Agency has a memorial wall at headquarters for employees who are killed while working for the US spy agency. Each year the CIA adds stars for deaths; some with names, some without. There are 125 stars as of 2017, eight more than in 2016 and 46 more than in 2002.
vN6B TIL During IBM Watson’s Jeapordy Game, it stored all 15 terabytes of it’s knowledge in RAM, including every page of Wikipedia in existence.
NXpDb TIL when Starbucks was developing Pumpkin Spice Latte's, their research and development team poured espresso shots on pumpkin pies, tasting different combos to determine the best ratio of cinnamon/nutmeg to coffee/steamed milk. It wasn't until 2015 that they started putting real pumpkin in the drink
7rN8x TIL that NASCAR doesn't only turn left! "While NASCAR is known for primarily running counter-clockwise on oval tracks, Sonoma Raceway and Watkins Glen International are complex road courses which are raced clockwise. ... Since 1963, the series has raced on at least one road course every year."
8elVX TIL As opposed to having XY chromosomes (found in mammals), birds, some fish, crustaceans, and insects have ZW system, where males typically have ZZ and female ZW chromosomes.