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TIL of a notorious driver in Ireland who has evaded the police until his identity was discovered to be Prawo Jazdy — Polish for “Driver’s License”

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ALgg TIL that sandwiches taste better when someone else makes them because when you make your own, you anticipate its taste and become less hungry for it.
x79g TIL that when the mathematician George Dantzig was studying in Berkeley, he solved two open problems in statistical theory which he had mistaken for homework after arriving late to a lecture
neWY9 TIL that the population of the Czech Republic has traditionally been irreligious for a very long time. Ever since the 1600's, the Czech people have been described as "tolerant and even indifferent towards religion".
m1GE TIL that William of Orange in the 16th century was the first man to be assassinated by a gun.
YbRW TIL a man avoided human contact for 27 years in the Maine wilderness. He committed more than 1000 burglaries, and faded into myth and legend. When asked if he was happy he replied “ No, I’m content. They’re two different things.”