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TIL for cars built since 1980, "warming them up" on cold days by idling them is unnecessary and shortens the engine's life

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OXn1 TIL Singapore’s Founding Father, Lee Kuan Yew, considered air-conditioning one of the most important inventions in history. “It changed the nature of civilization by making development possible in the tropics. Without air conditioning you can work only in the cool early-morning hours or at dusk.”
167xD TIL there is a specific word - Haar - for the sea fogs that form off of eastern Scotland and England.
gMNA7 TIL that 'Star Spangled Banner' only became the anthem of the USA in 1931, after the huge outcry caused by Robert Ripley, who denounced in one of his famous "Believe it or Not" cartoons that the country, in fact, had no official anthem up until then.
P1LLe TIL the former CEO of Spirit Airlines has a podcast
QNa1e TIL that Tesla has the highest fatality rate of all car brands and is twice the average rate, meaning you’re far more likely to die in a Tesla.