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TIL people who learn to drive as teenagers during gas price shocks like the oil crises of the 1970s drive less even 20 years later in life

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LkbYQ TIL the name of the German car manufacturer Audi is based on the Latin translation of the surname of its founder, August Horch. Horch means "listen" in German and becomes "audi" in Latin.
lo4kA TIL that ampersands are useful for describing parings in a list, e.g. "For dinner, I had steak, peas & carrots, and mashed potatoes & gravy."
epWBE TIL that boxer Muhammad Ali was also an accomplished musician. He released the Grammy-nominated and American Dental Association approved album "The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay" in 1976.
e0joE TIL if an Albatross baby falls out of the nest, like a few inches away and the mum returns to the nest with a meal, it would not recognize the baby and it will starve and die. The baby has to try and climb back in to survive.
epVaD TIL that the Hemlock Water Dropwort is the most poisonous plant in the UK. Its poison constricts the muscles, causing death by asphyxia, which also causes a rictus like death grin. Use of this plant in Phoenician Sardinia for executions is the origin of the term "Sardonic Grin".