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TIL that California has the worst road conditions in the country with San Francisco, LA, and San Jose coming in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

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oxNA TIL that Bill Haast, the “Snake Man,” was bitten by poisonous snakes at least 173 times, he injected himself with snake venom everyday for over 60 years, he saved countless lives with his antibody rich blood, and he lived to be 100.
wolgo TIL that the inverted cross mostly associated with Satanic and anti-Christian imagery is actually the symbol of Saint Peter's martyrdom, one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus.
Y7k8G TIL the banana tree is actually a herb.
x6p4g TIL about the 'Loudness War' - beginning in the 1980s and peaking in the early 2000s, music producers and broadcasters increased the audio levels of albums and radio stations. As a result of consumer complaints, US legislators passed the CALM act which mandated maximum broadcast sound levels.
QJP66 TIL in 2016 Graeme Wallace, a packing manager at BrewDog, added "Mother F***r Day" to the expiration date of 200,000 beer cans after his bosses told him to "be more punk". The brewery had to pay for the recall of all unsold ones, but Wallace became Employee of the Month.