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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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0dEKR TIL: Buzz Aldrin's mom's maiden name was "Moon".
wM7P TIL Malaria is thought to be responsible for the death of about half of all people who ever lived.
oRpZE TIL After cancelling the show Jericho (2007) after 1 season, upset fans sent over 20 tons of nuts to CBS studios in NYC and ended up getting a partial second season
OvNR TIL in 2001, a ten-year-old named Laura Buxton, released a balloon with her name and address in the hope of finding a pen pal. The balloon traveled 140 miles before coming down and was found by an almost-ten-year old also named Laura Buxton. They share a number of other similarities.
N7OZ6 TIL that despite being the only predominantly Catholic nation in Asia, President McKinley, unaware said that American occupation of the Philippines was necessary to "uplift and Christianize" the Filipinos.