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TIL : Bob Marley’s dad was white

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ZEvQ TIL that some Russian bears are addicted to sniffing Jet Fuel out of empty fuel barrels. They like getting high so much, they stalk helicopters for the drops of fuel that leaks onto the soil.
M4Lm TIL : The first public digital camera had a slot for floppy disc.
9YKMp TIL that Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II had young infants raised without speaking to them in the 13th century to determine if there was a "natural" language imparted by God. His experiments proven unsuccessful because all the children raised this way died.
7r17Z TIL the European Union will require "speed limiters" in all cars by 2022. The technology uses road sign and GPS data to determine the legal speed limit and prevents the vehicle from exceeding the legal limit.
nW6m7 TIL that Lt. Quentin Roosevelt was shot down and killed during the First World War and buried by the German military, making him the only son of a President to die in combat.