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TIL British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident

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mxlYR TIL that a “fossil word” is a word that is no longer used in general speech but remains in use because it is part of an idiom. For example, amok as in “run amok”, or turpitude as in “moral turpitude”. There are many other examples.
xVODw TIL in 2019 the US government recovered over $3 Billion using the False Claims Act, generally from whistleblower reports.
8abP4 TIL middle-aged marathon runners are faster than twentysomethings. It's not clear why this is, although the older runners do train slightly more.
xVjrg TIL There is a functioning mail box located 10m underwater off the coast of Japan, that receives hundreds of mail items every day.
xV8bk TIL The International Chopin Piano Competition has been held every five years since 1955. It is one of the few competitions devoted entirely to the works of a single composer