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TIL Drivers ages 19 and below are more than four times more likely to be involved in an aggressive driving (road rage) crash than older adults

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0dQRR TIL the exact cause of Joseph Merrick's deformities (who was known as The Elephant Man) remains unclear. DNA tests on his hair & bones in 2003 were inconclusive because his skeleton had been bleached numerous times over the years before going on display at the Royal London Hospital.
nWGMW TIL that there's a turtles species capable of breathing under water through its butt. Cloacal respiration is a built-in scuba diving system
x68ek TIL in 1945 Ireland's president and prime minister both offered official condolences to Germany upon the death of Hitler. They were the only Western European democracy to do so and were described at "indifferent to the Nazi persecution of the Jews."
rNwjw TIL penguins penguins engage in prostitution in exchange for stones to build their nests
WEmN TIL all polar bears are Irish: they’re descended from brown bears that lived in Ireland over 20-to-30,000 years ago.