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TIL that the Uber service resulted in a decrease in drinking and driving deaths of between 3.6 and 5.6 per cent in Californian cities where it is offered.

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o9xL TIL a venomous Brazilian wandering spider that somehow made its way to Britain survived falling into a freezer, having boiling water poured over it, and being microwaved in a jar. Later it was inadvertently released within hospital grounds.
POkG TIL the Nazis were so short on supplies and parts towards the end of the war, they were using landing gear from crashed American bombers for their new planes.
9pjX TIL that Nikola Tesla believed that women would become superior to men in future societal standing, and stated that “This struggle of the human female toward sex equality will end in a new sex order, with the female as superior”.
6EV5Q TIL of an 21-year-old African Grey Parrot named Waldo, who is the lead singer of the death metal band 'Hatebeak'.
JYj0l TIL that Christmas used to be illegal in Massachusetts. After 1681, Christmas was no longer a crime, but was completely taboo. Anyone caught making merry or singing carols was prosecuted for disturbing the peace. It remained taboo until 1870, when the federal government made it a national holiday.