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TIL Massachusetts -- famous for its bad drivers and bad roads -- has the lowest road fatality rate of any state

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XrpX TIL scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago
wLdY6 TIL In 1930, a lawyer tried to leave $50,000 in trust to build a Womanless library. “No Woman Admitted” signs were to be posted at each entrance and no works by women were to be allowed on the premises. His family successfully challenged his will after his death, and the plans were scrapped.
WLoo TIL Blowing into your Nintendo cartridges didn’t actually help, it only damaged them
0NAA TIL - The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of it everyday.
d0J8 TIL that golfers in Japan purchase insurance at $65/year for coverage of up to $3,000 in the event that they sink a hole-in-one, in which case tradition dictates that they must buy gifts and drinks for all their friends.