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TIL It is required by law in Germany that every driver be trained in first aid and carry a first aid kit in their vehicle.

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6Eym TIL That Pete Wentz kept Kidz Bop from singing the Fall Out Boy song “Dance, Dance” because of the sexual overtones to the song.
rbe4 TIL that whether Marco Polo actually traveled to China is unclear. No Chinese record mentions him. His account of the trip never mentions the Great Wall, Chinese characters, chopsticks, or footbinding.
LQlGV TIL that a rat king is not a large, singular rat, but a collection of rats that get their tails in a knot by accident (and squirrels can have this happen too); it has been recorded to happen about 60 times in the past 500 years
oBlor TIL of Naked Came the Stranger, a erotic romance novel written as a literary hoax by 24 different authors, each one taking a chapter. Some chapters had to be heavily edited because they were too well-written. Even after it was revealed to be a joke, it reached the NYTimes best-seller list.
E1Gx TIL: Orgasms provide multiple health benefits, including lowering your risk of prostate cancer. Why would you participate in “No Fap September”?