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TIL: Dr. Seuss is credited with inventing the word “Nerd”

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yeEV TIL drivers stuck in traffic jams in Beijing can call someone to come to them on a motorbike. The driver then hops on the bike while the deliveryman waits out the jam and delivers the car to the destination when traffic clears.
y1vv TIL of the Rule of 3’s regarding the human body’s basic needs: You will die if you go without oxygen for 3 minutes, water for 3 days, or food for 3 weeks - though there are exceptions to this rule.
OGeDL TIL that "The Harrisburg Freeway", a proposed highway extension in Houston in the 1970s, was cancelled due to the destruction of historic urban neighborhoods and environmental concerns.
yQdZe TIL that you couldn't take a calculus classes when Harvard started because calculus hadn't been formally discovered yet.
jNGEE Til Horses originated in North America and spread to every Afro Eurasia and South America, only to become extinct in North America where they originated from. They were then reintroduced back to North America by humans. They have been in every continent including Antarctica now.