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TIL that Skoda test their car horns 150,000 times for the European car market. For the Indian market the horns are tested 500,000 times due to the increased use of car horns in India. One study carried out at major intersections in Indian cities found that a horn sounds every three seconds.

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LZW0 TIL that the ancient Greeks didn’t wear pants because they found them “ridiculous”. The Romans didn’t wear them because it was seen as uncivilized and only Barbarians wore pants.
gME0y TIL during the Punic Wars, the Romans realized they had no clue how to build ships. They decided to rent row boats, run aground a Carthaginian ship, and plagiarize the designs. The entire first fleet of their new Navy was based off this ship, but learning to row proved more challenging.
WkpYN TIL that Natalie Portman speaks Hebrew(native), English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese. As a student, she co-authored two research papers that were published in scientific journals.
wLGB6 TIL that Lemmings do not commit mass suicide, it is a myth started by a 1958 Disney film "White Wilderness" that includes footage of producers throwing Lemmings off a cliff
ANPox TIL: a disorder called Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) that typically occurs in children. such children are sensitive towards food and have to keep testing their limits as to what they'll like or not, and the cure is cognitive behavioural therapy as mentioned in several sources.