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TIL hospital patients recover quicker when they are able to see a park/vegetation from their window

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1aoJV TIL Modern cars are designed to be essentially air-tight. This has been causing a lot of deaths in the past decade where children have suffocated after being in cars for hours. Never sleep in your car with the windows rolled up - the dash vents are insufficient at providing adequate oxygen exchange.
PYQ6V TIL in 1719 prisoners in Paris were offered freedom at the condition they would marry a prostitute and move to Louisiana.
JY00j TIL: Queen Elizabeth the II actually used her powers in 1999 to prevent parliament from authorizing military strikes in Iraq without her consent. She is also completely and totally immune to any legal prosecution for any crime she could commit almost everywhere on earth.
Zp5Ea TIL The first defensive driving program started in 1964 for the US National Safety Council. It is a form of training for drivers that goes beyond road rules and the basic mechanics of driving techniques
VBL0 TIL that 93% of Steam Users were Born on January 1st