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TIL that there are TWICE as many bicycles produced in the world than there are cars.

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loRWV TIL- The 26th President of the United States, Teddy Roosevelt, regularly staged boxing matches in the White House and took on anyone he could- including professional boxers.
mxdVv TIL of Girgori Perelman, the only person in history to have solved one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems. After solving the Poincaré conjecture Perelman was offered the Field's Medal and $1 million prize money, he declined them both.
OoxEL TIL "All animals, including vertebrates (mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish) and invertebrates (sea urchins, leeches, mussels, nematodes, and others) have been found to have endocannabinoid systems."
K1wR TIL of Halden Prison, where guards are unarmed and play sports with the inmates. The latter even receive questionnaires about how their prison experience can be improved
W9ro TIL that 12 states allow child support payments via credit card, yielding yet another pathway to rack up frequent flyer miles