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TIL Over half of road vehicles in North America have red turn signals, as opposed to amber.

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4enJ TIL that scientific pioneer Nikola Tesla was skeptical of Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. In 1892 he started work on his own “dynamic theory of gravity.” This was revealed when he announced the near completion of the project at age 81. He died 5 years later and the project was never found.
0YNj TIL that Catholic monks in Germany 700 years ago were surviving Lent by drinking only bock. They felt guilty that it tasted so good, brought some to the Pope. On the long, hot journey to Rome it spoiled, so the Pope found it tasted horrible and deemed it “excellent Lenten penance.”
GZr5 TIL that Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard was the first person in California arrested under the then new law against being a convicted felon wearing a bulletproof vest.
VMRp TIL That the recent Japanese Earthquake shortened the day by 1.8 microseconds and shifted the Earth’s axis by 6.5 inches.
EgkXd TIL The World’s Most Inconvenient Convenience Store Hangs 393 Feet Off the Side of a Cliff Located in China’s Shiniuzhai National Geological Park.