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TIL that until 1999, the State of Montana didn’t have a speed limit on the interstate, and instead encouraged drivers to be “reasonable and prudent”

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l6Ka TIL that the higher the social class a person is the more likely they will act in an anti-social manner e.g. breaking the speed limit, lying in negotiations and support unethical behaviour in the workplace.
9QgB TIL that the division symbol is called an “obelus,” and was used in ancient manuscripts to mark passages that were suspected of being corrupted or spurious.
9G1p TIL the Appalachian Mountains in N. America, Andes Mountains in S. America, and Atlas Mountains in Africa were once the same mountain range
oBv97 TIL that in Ukraine, Christmas is celebrated with a twelve course meal, but can't begin to eat until the youngest child watches for the first evening star to appear.
0wdrM At least 400 science articles cite nonexistent ‘phantom’ study.